Crankbait tip

[bluebonnet2]

good morning,

when fishing crank baits,(all cranks and rattle type baits)  especially in heavy cover(grass, stickups, etc.) take the crank bait and hold it up, vertically, there will be a treble hook and one of the hooks will be facing you.....take some electrical wire cutters and cut off the hook facing you....... this will greatly reduce hangups and besides, when a bass gets a crank bait in its mouth....it won't get off to easy anyway.....

good luck,
bluebonnet2

[Dug]

So basically the front hook on each treble?

Dug

[riptr186]

I used to do that when I first started fishing crankbaits.  It does work but you do loose some fish due to cutting the hook off, or at least I feel you do.  I have stoped cutting the hook off and it seems my precentage of catches have gone up, also with fishing crankbaits so long I don't hang up as much due to being able to feel the bait better.