Crankbait idea.

[keithdog]

Yesterday I purchased some new treble hooks to replace the existing hooks on some of my crankbaits. I was about to start changing the hooks when an idea popped into my head and I thought I would throw it at you guys and see what you think. What if I just change the first hook hanging from the belly of the bait and leave off the tail hook completely? My thinking is simply that this would make the lure more weedless and better able to work through brush without hangups, and still have that treble in the centeer portion of the bait to hook the bass. I am a little concerned about short strikers, but to be honest, I cannot remember ever hooking a bass on a crank that wasn't hooked by the belly hook. Sometimes, the tail hook is ALSO hooked into the basses jaw along with the middle hook, but never the tail hook alone. Have any of you ever tried this before?