I've been using this one all summer and it works great. Take the leading point on the front treble and snip it off. This makes the hook an upturned double when retrieved. The difference is night and day in the lures ability to pull through cover. I'm talking about square bill cranks here...haven't tried it on regular round bills. I can bounce them off rocks and not get hung up! Anyone else tried this?  

Yea i've tried it with both square and round. Round does not work quite as well as squared. I love being able to burn that crank through the water and people see me fishing a vegemat with a crank and they think i'm crazy lol.

Exactly, you can't do THAT with a stock crank!  

i love using square billed cranks in brush and trees, but i haven't tried that treble trick. will do.

I first did that with a Heddon tiny runt which always seemed to catch weeds on the belly hook. Not a new idea but that seems to be forgotten and refound. Some also strap the belly hook to the lure with a rubber band ofr something and achieve a similar result. Cutting is easier.

i'll have to try that one out

Honestly I wouldn't do that with a square bill because they never give me any problems with hanging up on rocks or brush. They catch on grass a lot, but I use them more around rocks, laydowns, stumps, and other things like that. Especially in early spring, so I don't hit a lot of grass on them.

Posted By ILbassin on 27 Oct 2011 08:28 PM
Honestly I wouldn't do that with a square bill because they never give me any problems with hanging up on rocks or brush. They catch on grass a lot, but I use them more around rocks, laydowns, stumps, and other things like that. Especially in early spring, so I don't hit a lot of grass on them.

What kind of cranks are you using? I gotta get some of those!

Another idea is to replace the front hook with a double hook of the next larger size....with the points facing backwards.

This also saves the original treble in case you want to put it back on...or need a replacement on another lure

That's a good point Dave, but trust me, if anyone has the STEADY hands I have, you're better off snipin' that dude! 

you can also remove the front hook or repalce it with a frog hook and put it on loosely with a paper clip holding it up good luck Scott

yeah but if you use a double/frog hook its going to take away from the action of the crank

Posted By Bassman47312013 on 31 Oct 2011 01:33 PM
yeah but if you use a double/frog hook its going to take away from the action of the crank

Yes indeed Bassman, a big, bulky replacement would be a no no. Maybe a small frog hook on a large crankbait would go unnoticed, but why bother... when you can just snip off that leading point?  

Another thing you can do is take a jointed minnow take the hook of the front and remove the back half add a worm hook to the connection where the back half was then Texas rig a plastic trailer .
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