Safety Bay Herring & Squid
Took my boy out the other day in Safety Bay to get a quick feed of Herring and squid.
We trolled 10gm Halco twisties most of the time and came across a few big schools while squidding, so it was just a matter of casting out and we were on.
I have always wanted to try a single hook on a little twisty for Herring but for the life of me can't work out how to get the treble off the split ring when the hole in the body of the lure is so small. You just can't feed the eye of the hook around the split ring to get it off.
So while rummaging through the tackle box I came across an old 10 grammer with a busted up & rusted treble, so I cut the split ring off with the pliers and managed to get another split ring on that I pulled of some other old hard body lure and managed to get it through the hole and get a small wide gap hook on it. It wasn't perfect and the hook wasn't swinging perfectly but it was enough to give it a burl.
First few runs I used a twisty with a treble to make the comparison and as usual about a 50% loss rate per hook up.
Changed to the one with the single wide gap and sure enough 'my get the fish to into the boat' rate went up to more like 90%.
Also noticed a distinct change in the way the fish fought - harder (by Herring standards anyway). I guess the single hook 'swings' a bit easier.
The single hook also made for a far easier release for small fish and caused considerably less damage.
I know hezzas are only small fry but I would be keen to hear other's experiences with single hooks on lures for bigger fish and if anyone else has worked out how to change to singles on the smaller twisties without damaging it.
Here's a quick vid, part of my attempt to cram a mornings fun into one minute. All GoPro edited in GoPro Studio.
A couple of hours fun, a nice feed and just a couple of bucks in fuel.
As always, best in HD.
Gman66
Posts: 55
Date Joined: 15/02/12
Great Post Red Dog
Great post and video mate,
I'm in the process of changing over all my trebles to singles and may even drop off the middle hook on some lures. I find it difficult to change them over so bought very small circlip pliers etc.... advice from the tackle shop was I would definately increase my hook up and landed fish rate ( you have just confirmed it for me). I'll keep you posted if I manage anything decent on the larger lures. Really good to see family fishing fun, I can't wait for my kids to get a bit older and get them amongst it.
Cheers
G
Acceptance is the key
Ol Tom
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Date Joined: 17/12/13
Neat little video there Red
Neat little video there Red Dog
Uluabuster
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Date Joined: 12/12/10
Hi Red Dog,You can
Hi Red Dog,
You can try:
The problem you encounter is caused by the three ply Halco fish-ring. Conventional split ring would not have the problem because it is only 2 ply.
Single hooks on bigger plugging lures (eg. minnows & stickbait) work fine as long as it is not too big so much so they sandbag the lure or the singles tangle with each under. I have caught Shark mackeral with Rapala Skitter Walk retrofitted with Owner inline jigging single. The dangling single hooks look odd on the lure initially but having caught a few fish with them my fear was unfounded.
trymyluck
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Date Joined: 06/05/12
Just buy yourself a pair of
Just buy yourself a pair of split ring pliers from one of the sponsors then Its quite easy to change them on the water