Extending Life of the Yamatanuki?

[Turtle Angler]

I’ve already fallen in love with this new bait, but their durability is a bit of an issue (to say the least). I’ve notice that it slides up the line after the very first fish and it’s only a matter of time until is tears. I’m probably getting 3ish fish until the nose of it rips. Flip it over, 3 more fish, then it’s toast.

 

I’ve tried a ScrewLock hook and it didn’t seem to make a difference in durability, so I’ve gone back to an EWG.

 

To extend the life of it, would you all recommend supergluing the bait to the hook? I’ve never done this before, so where would you apply the glue? What are your thoughts on Mend-It in this situation?

[Lmbasshunter]

It’s a Yamamoto bait, not much else you can do. 6 fish on any Yamamoto bait is a win 

[FishTank]

Buy some more at the lowest price you can find.

 

It's just the nature of most soft baits, especially GYCB. 

[heavyduty]

Mend-it will repair them to fish again. I haven't tried the super glue yet but if I do, I would put a dab of glue on the hook bend right before the eye and slide the bait over as usual.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Yep Mend-it absolutely works on these its a necessity. Also for a little pop of color JJ's Magic works on the nub end.

 

[Dan Strain]

The 2.75” Yama-Dookie was delivered today - fished it weightless like the big one but it’s too light . Stuck it on an owner blockhead 1/16 and found a bunch of fish - 3-4 fish per dookie

 

better than a 5” Senko 

[Tatulatard]

20 hours ago, Turtle Angler said:

I’ve already fallen in love with this new bait, but their durability is a bit of an issue (to say the least). I’ve notice that it slides up the line after the very first fish and it’s only a matter of time until is tears. I’m probably getting 3ish fish until the nose of it rips. Flip it over, 3 more fish, then it’s toast.

 

I’ve tried a ScrewLock hook and it didn’t seem to make a difference in durability, so I’ve gone back to an EWG.

 

To extend the life of it, would you all recommend supergluing the bait to the hook? I’ve never done this before, so where would you apply the glue? What are your thoughts on Mend-It in this situation?

Use a hook with a screw in keeper.  For advanced bait preservation partially open the part of the keeper that clips onto the hook eye so that it un-clips easily on the hookset.  This will allow the screw lock keeper to remain in the bait and allow the bait to slide up the line while fighting a fish.  You can then slide the bait back down and re-clip the keeper into the hook eye for the next cast.  If you don't do this you can rip the keeper out of the nose of the bait and take a little core sample of the plastic with it very easily.  I fish a some soft JDM plastics plastics that tear up easily and the shipping is $20 alone.  

[Turtle Angler]

3 hours ago, Tatulatard said:

Use a hook with a screw in keeper.  For advanced bait preservation partially open the part of the keeper that clips onto the hook eye so that it un-clips easily on the hookset.  This will allow the screw lock keeper to remain in the bait and allow the bait to slide up the line while fighting a fish.  You can then slide the bait back down and re-clip the keeper into the hook eye for the next cast.  If you don't do this you can rip the keeper out of the nose of the bait and take a little core sample of the plastic with it very easily.  I fish a some soft JDM plastics plastics that tear up easily and the shipping is $20 alone.  

Do you have a preferred screw-in keeper hook?

[Tatulatard]

1 hour ago, Turtle Angler said:

Do you have a preferred screw-in keeper hook?

I use owners because they are what is around me locally and they have a thinner wire which I like.  I'll also buy the screw locks by themselves in a different copper color from a different brand again, because that's all I have locally.  I'll use them in baits so I don't have to unscrew on out of a bait everytime I want to swap baits.  I can just unclip a bait then clip in a new one.

[txchaser]

Screw lock hook and upgrade the CPS (screw lock) by one size. The ones owner ships with the hooks are always a tad too small. 

I've seen 20 fish on a keitech and a Fat Ika just by upgrading the CPS. 

[Big Swimbait]

Another step I do with the screw lock is to unscrew the bait, put a drop of Loctite Gel glue on the screw, and reinsert. It will bond the bait to the screw and make it a lot more durable. If you put it on the screw first, it will push the gel to the top as you screw it in and not work as well.

[Columbia Craw]

If you really want to stretch out the life, use the Grammy 4/0 with the stock screw lock. It will strip out after a couple fish. Replace the screw lock with two sizes larger and it will bite into the plastic.  Strip that out and you can still get an EWG to hold.  Very little inconvenience to get maximum life out of a good bait.

[Tatulatard]

Open that clip a bit and the hook will unclip on the hookset and never rip the keeper out of the bait.  This works for weightless presentations but I imagine the impact of a sinker would knock the hook off the keeper constantly if opened.