Trebles on crawler harnesses

[Westlakedrive]

On a recent fishing show the guy said that when he ties up crawler harnesses the first hook he uses is a treble with 3" or so to a single hook?
Does anybody else do this?

[Houghton laker]

When fishing the bigwaters with crawler harnesses we'll use either #6 or #4 trebles on the back end....much better hook ups!! works best in waters though where you are targeting suspended fish......In Lake St.Clair you would be weed bound most of the time!!

[Fishcapades]

All of my crawler harnesses for lake huron and lake erie are tied this way...
As said much better hook ups.

[WALLEYE MIKE]

When fishing the bigwaters with crawler harnesses we'll use either #6 or #4 trebles on the back end....much better hook ups!! works best in waters though where you are targeting suspended fish......In Lake St.Clair you would be weed bound most of the time!!

:yeahthat:

[Groundsize]

:yeahthat:

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH. its a secret. LOL treble on the back = less fish lost.

[MSUICEMAN]

yep, for more open water presentations, especially for suspended fish they work well.... for true bottom bouncing or weedier areas, stick with a single hook.

[andy capp]

I tie both. #6 treble works wonders on big sheephead.

[fish eater]

When fishing the bigwaters with crawler harnesses we'll use either #6 or #4 trebles on the back end....much better hook ups!! works best in waters though where you are targeting suspended fish......In Lake St.Clair you would be weed bound most of the time!!


:yeahthat:
Big deep lakes, suspended fish say.....30 over 50= treble for the rear hook.
LSC=not necessary. Fishing the bottom mostly, and to many weeds.

[Westlakedrive]

Thanks for the feedback.
This guy actually used a treble for the front hook and a regular hook on the back. According to him when you had fish hitting the harnesses correctly or aggressively most of the hook ups should come on the front hook not the back.

[Houghton laker]

If it was the show I watched...it was from the Bay of Green bay......he used trebles on the back.....then a single hook...5 lower beads...then the blade....then a opposite colored bead on top of the blade to look like a eye of a fish he figured....said since doing this he caught a larger percentage of walleye on the front hook compared to before doing this!! ....It was on North American Fisherman on VS. Was one of the better shows I've seen!!

[fish eater]

If it was the show I watched...it was from the Bay of Green bay......he used trebles on the back.....then a single hook...5 lower beads...then the blade....then a opposite colored bead on top of the blade to look like a eye of a fish he figured....said since doing this he caught a larger percentage of walleye on the front hook compared to before doing this!! ....It was on North American Fisherman on VS. Was one of the better shows I've seen!!


Yeah Kevin, that's the exact same open water spinner that I learned from some amateur dabbles with the PWT guys. The only thing that they taught me different though, is that you use a blood red hook for the front, the nose hook. Then the rear hook, (be it a treble or a standard octupus hook) should be nickel or basically (worm colored brown) for best results. As long as you tie those hooks 3 to 4 fingers apart, that rear hook should fall just in or just below the crawlers neck. It camoflages in there perfectly. The theory is, that the red hook up front, that tiny little red flicker, gives a Eyeball something to aim for. I've been using that for years now and 90% of my fish are always hooked in the corner of the jaw on that red hook up front. And that worm colored hook in the rear is always hanging there to back me up. Alot of times it'll swing around and dig into the cheek, the fish never saw it. Not that I'd keep a foul hooked fish though..........:whistle:

[Westlakedrive]

Good break down Kevin and fish eater. Yeah that was the show.