Screwed up on Trailer hook!

[OKie]

I went to put an offset hook on my buzz bait as a teailer and i broke the barb on the main hook!!!!! > Will this make me lose more fish? what do i do. Thanks



Clay

[randerson52]

hey,
sometimes taking the barb off can help! It can help make the release of fish easier sometimes.

[basshunter205]

Buy the Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp trailer hook packs. they come with the tubing and a hook to slip over your main hook and hole sure on the bend of the hook. they havent let me down yet.

[Bassin_Dude]

i wouldnt use offset hooks for trailors. just get a hook that has an eye big enough to go over your main hook point. if it doesnt go on easy, dont try to force it on. no barb might make the release easier, but you better not give that fish any slack in the fight, even alittle and the fish will spit the hook.

[macgyver]

[quote author=NJBassDevil link=board=MessBoards;num=1118085904;start=0#0 date=06/06/05 at 15:25:04]I went to put an offset hook on my buzz bait as a teailer and i broke the barb on the main hook!!!!! > Will this make me lose more fish? what do i do. Thanks



Clay[/quote]


Buy a new one!

And use a TRAILER HOOK that is made for being a trailer hook. They are designed just for such a purpose. And they aren't very exspensive at all.

Lizards

[OKie]

Thanks guys...i guess i've made up my mind. I gotta buy the regular trailer hooks. I need a new yellow buzz bait too.