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Saltwater hardbait help
Posted on 6/21/15 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 6/21/15 at 7:00 pm
Yesterday I got tired of ladyfish chomping my plastic cocahoes in half on Elmer's so I switched to hard jerk baits. Obviously they didn't do much damage to those but frickin treble hooks man. Especially in a kayak fighting the current. Any options other than tons of patience and a good set of pliers?
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Posted on 6/21/15 at 7:06 pm to jimbeam
No pliers on a yak AND using treble hooks? 
I've never been in a mess of ladyfish where I couldn't use soft plastics. I've also not had much luck with hard plastics on trout. I've tried jerk baits, ratltraps, diving, etc
I've never been in a mess of ladyfish where I couldn't use soft plastics. I've also not had much luck with hard plastics on trout. I've tried jerk baits, ratltraps, diving, etc
This post was edited on 6/21/15 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 6/21/15 at 7:07 pm to AutoYes_Clown
I had a set of pliers but it was still a pain in the arse. It was either treble hooks or a new plastic every 5 casts. They were thick. Might have just been that day. It's the worst I've experienced.
This post was edited on 6/21/15 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 6/21/15 at 8:01 pm to jimbeam
I've never caught trout when the ladyfish are that thick. I would have mover or opened a beer and tried again later.
Anybody catching on the island this weekend?
Anybody catching on the island this weekend?
Posted on 6/21/15 at 8:35 pm to AutoYes_Clown
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I've also not had much luck with hard plastics on trout
Wut? That's sounds crazy to me.
On the beaches during the summer I throw almost exclusively hard body baits with treble hooks.
Suspending and slow sinking Mirrolures, shallow running crank baits, jerk baits and the like.
Don't use rattle traps much. Sometimes I will throw gold ones around the jetties which the Reds will annihilate.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 9:22 pm to DownSouthDave
Yeah people were catching near me and I caught some as well. Hard baits are nice but a PITA
Posted on 6/21/15 at 10:26 pm to jimbeam
Cut the trebles off. Install single shank siwash hooks. Have fun fighting the baby tarpon.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 10:50 pm to jimbeam
Are you sure it wasn't bluefish damaging your baits? That's the only saltwater pest fish I've encountered that had a penchant for ruining plastics.....you don't even need to catch them...I went through about 5 baits before catching one and figuring out what in the hell was going on.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 10:53 pm to TJG210
It's possible but I did actually catch a few of the ladyfish so I assumed that's what I was catching. Who knows. I'm looking online right now about replacing with single hooks
Posted on 6/21/15 at 11:34 pm to jimbeam
let the ladyfish play out. i usually use light line and lighter drag. by the time the damn things get back to me, they're gassed. leave them in the water and twist the hooks out with your pliers without touching them.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 6:13 am to jimbeam
When you get the ladyfish on the beach there's usually bluefish and spanish along with them, one of those are the likely culprit. Back to question, no they are a pita, rubber net and pliers is the quickest and safest solution. I wouldn't want a lady fish flopping around between my legs attached to a Bomber Long A.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 12:27 pm to Larry Gooseman
I ordered some gamakatsu? short short live hooks in 1/0 and 2/0 after some research. I'll update as I go.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 12:41 pm to jimbeam
Please do. I found that article on another forum I'm on and have saved it to my favorites bar.
You have a pair of split ring pliers?
You have a pair of split ring pliers?
Posted on 6/22/15 at 12:42 pm to Larry Gooseman
yea
Posted on 6/23/15 at 3:51 pm to jimbeam
A few so far
1/0 as recommended. 2/0 going on a top water to try. I'll test these out Saturday at GI
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