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Location: Darboy USA | I've always used single hooks on my harnesses, but after watching some tournament shows on t.v. and talking to some others it appears that quite a few guys are using 1 or 2 trebles on their rigs.
Curious to hear how many guys are going this route and do you think it has increased your hook ups and lessened your lost fish %? Planning to tie up at least a few of these rigs to try this summer.
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Location: upper michigan | I tie many crawler harness's with trebles and i do believe it has helped on the hook ups. But if you are going to be fishing an area that you need to be tight to bottom or an area that has a lot of moss you may still want to use single hooks |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | I find myself going to more treble hook rigs. I think I get better hookups. That being said, this is primarily an open water setup for me. When fishing around weeds or using bottom bouncers (close to bottom) I still use single hooks. |
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| Most of the harnesses I tie up have a single in front, and a treble in the rear. Leave a little slack when hooking the treble in the worm's collar. They set themselves on the bite. |
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Location: Darboy USA | Thanks for the input guys. What sizes and brands of trebles do you prefer? Looks like most use a #6 or #8 from what I've been able to tell. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Well, I'm obviously in the minority here. I tried trebles on my crawler harnesses a couple of years ago and I swear I lost more fish than ever. I've since switched over to single hooks and my hooking percentage has gone up.
I believe if you're trolling in open water without zebra mussels to contend with that trebles will do just fine. Unfortunately it didn't work that way for me. |
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| I tie my own harnesses and prefer a treble on the front hook with a single on the rear for open water. I use the Gami EWG trebles or Mustad triple grips with Gami Walleye wide gaps or Mustad wide gaps on the rear. It takes a little special technique to snell the treble, but I like the treble as the front hook, as opposed to on the rear hook. Personal preference, I guess. As most of the other guys, if I'm fishing the harness behind a bouncer or real close to bottom I usually go to two single hooks.
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| I tie mine with single hooks.
For those of you that do use trebles though, check out the Daiichi treble hooks. They are the sharpest there is. They come with a twist tie (similar to what you tie your garbage with) holding them together in the package to prevent any dulling I guess. They are sharp. Good Lake Michigan hooks too.
A lot of people speak highly of the triple grips but I don't think they are all that sharp. |
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| I tie all of my "open water" spinners with a single in front with a #4 triple grip on the back. I believe that my hooking percentage improved with this configuration. Sunshine and I have had many lively discussions on this and even our side by side comparisons haven't yielded a clear winner. Go with what you feel comfortable with and develop a technique that works for you. |
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Location: NE/IL | I've tie rigs both with singles and trebles for different types of fishing. On the great lakes or in open water I'll use trebles. Snags are minimal and withthe larger fish I think the hooking percentage is better. I'll use triple grips or outbarbs in 4's and 6's depending on the blade sizes I choose to run. For most of my inland stuff and especially in rocky areas I prefer single hook rigs. I think they foul less on weeds and tend to get snagged less in the rocks. Typically I use # 2 - 6 red Gamakatsu's for these rigs. Hook size depends on blade size, bait size, and the size of the fish I'm expecting to catch.
Hope that helps. |
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| I used trebles and after many years went to single-hook rigs, and have never regretted it. |
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| I have not been a believer in the need for trebles on crawler harnesses. I was going only on gut feeling and I have a close friend who has been a consistent user of a treble on the back. I got a bit of vindication when listening to Mark Martin speak to a walleye club back in January. Mark does not use trebles. Just like Jerry above, he lost more fish when using trebles. I used to use a size 6 hook on the front and then a size 4 but have switched to using a #4 on the front and a #2 on the back. Making crawler harnesses is an extremely individualistic endeavor. Seems like every walleye fisherman finds his own preferred pattern, hooks, distance between hooks, adding floats, not adding floats, blade type and size, line type & weight, etc. I have recently found some rather uniquely colored beads to go on some of the harnesses I've been tying during the slack season. I hope you find the key to your own success. |
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| Small lakes small singles. Big Lakes one single, one treble, # 6 |
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Crawler Harness-Single or Treble??