tyrius. Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Right now I use the point of the hook to make a hole in the bait and then push the eye of the hook up through that hole. This means that I have to retie every time that I change a piece of plastic. Should I just stop being lazy and retie or is there a simpler way to get the bait on the hook without pushing it over the weighted area and ripping it up? Quote
Super User 5bass Posted July 9, 2009 Super User Posted July 9, 2009 Anyone have any tricks for putting soft plastics on the weighted hooks? Buy the Owner Twist Lock hooks. They're awesome hooks. I know ExtremeLures.com (a board sponsor) sells them. http://www.extremelures.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=202 Quote
Super User grimlin Posted July 9, 2009 Super User Posted July 9, 2009 Anyone have any tricks for putting soft plastics on the weighted hooks? Buy the Owner Screw Lock hooks. They're awesome hooks. I know ExtremeLures.com (a board sponsor) sells them. X2...that was my solution to the problem as well. Quote
tyrius. Posted July 9, 2009 Author Posted July 9, 2009 Buy the Owner Twist Lock hooks. They're awesome hooks. I know ExtremeLures.com (a board sponsor) sells them. http://www.extremelures.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=202 I actually have some hooks like that (they're gammy, not owner) but I have some of the ones with the weight on the hook too. Should I "retire" the second kind and just use the first? Quote
Super User Bassin_Fin@tic Posted July 9, 2009 Super User Posted July 9, 2009 Rigging the baits the way you described is the only solution other than using hooks with screws or pins. Should you switch? Thats on you and how much trouble you want to go through.Personally I don't think it is that bad to retie unless your on a hot bite,then it sucks. Quote
rubba bubba Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 I actually have some hooks like that (they're gammy, not owner) but I have some of the ones with the weight on the hook too. Should I "retire" the second kind and just use the first? You have a few options (and I wouldn't recommend retiring as that's wasteful to me; just my opinion): - you can get just the twist lock itself and use them with any hook you have - although the link provided wasn't an Owner weighted hook, no doubt they make those weighted. I know Gammy does. So just rety until you run out then get those. - depending on the size of the weight on your hook and the size of the plastic (i.e. Senkos/worms will be tough due to narrowness), you can lube the weight and slide it right through the plastic like you would do a hook without the weight: - lube with water (mediocre) - lube with Megastrike (works very well) Quote
adclem Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 I use the Owner Twist Lock hooks and the Twist Lock Centering Pin Springs. Tie on one Owner Twist Lock hook then thread several of the Twist Lock Centering Pin Springs into several of my favorite plastics and when I want to change just undo the Twist Lock Centering Pin from the Twist Lock hook and thread on the new Twist Lock Centering Pin Spring. Works awesome, no retying and is extremely fast to switch out plastics. Later, Quote
Volman482 Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 try a pack of hitchikers. x2 Those work great!!! Quote
mrlitetackle Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 i feel your pain, and ive always wondered the same thing. im glad you started this thread, good info coming from it. Quote
Super User Big Bait Fishing Posted July 10, 2009 Super User Posted July 10, 2009 like others have said , use Owner beast weighted hooks . gamakatsu screw holders are garbage !!! they don't hold in the plastic unless you use super glue . with the beast hooks , you don't need glue . i use the un-weighted Owner twist locks in 5/0 for my Canyon plastics frogs but switch the twist lock out for their(Owner) large size CPS ( center pin screw ) and they are awesome !!!!! Quote
Super User cart7t Posted July 10, 2009 Super User Posted July 10, 2009 try a pack of hitchikers. Yep, those work great! Quote
Skinnyh2ofishin Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 I'll second the lube recommendation. I've used that style of hooks for years and despite having many twist-lok hooks myself now, I still use these hooks regularly. Again, like someone else said, it does somewhat depend on what bait you're using. I use them for flukes on occasion and with larger worms and lizards and haven't had any problem with them yet. Just be sure to insert the hook a little further into the head of the bait to allow a little more plastic to take the abuse of being stretched over the weight. I've used water in a pinch, but oil-based attractants are perfect for this. Just go slowly and it should go fine and save you time and line from retying all the time. Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 try a pack of hitchikers. Yep, those work great! Thats how I do it or use hooks like 5bl posted Quote
tyrius. Posted July 10, 2009 Author Posted July 10, 2009 try a pack of hitchikers. Yep, those work great! Thats how I do it or use hooks like 5bl posted How does the hitchhiker work on these? I don't see how it would work well. I have these hooks too and they work well, but the hook is different allowing for the use of a hitchhiker. Quote
cwb60 Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 try a pack of hitchikers. What are hitchikers? Where do you get them? Quote
tyrius. Posted July 10, 2009 Author Posted July 10, 2009 try a pack of hitchikers. What are hitchikers? Where do you get them? The wire on the eye of the second hook in my post is a hitchhiker. It clips into the eye of the hook and then the plastic screws into the corkscrew end. I saw them at dick's. Quote
Super User cart7t Posted July 11, 2009 Super User Posted July 11, 2009 hitchhikers at BPS http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchResults?hvarSearchString=hitchhikers&searchOption=products&x=13&y=16&storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&CMID=TOP_SEARCH_GO Quote
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