07-31-2012, 06:35 PM
You've discovered a great secret of fishing - fish like cover. Always a good place to check on any water.
As Wiper mentioned - you can rig various worms and plastics, swimbaits even - so the hook tip ends up embedded in the plastic. Check into Texas, Carolina riggings for example.
There are also some hooks that have a wire-weedguard that can help.
One other idea - if you're pitching cranks baits or other hardbody lures with treble hooks - you can get o-rings that will give if you pull hard enough. You'll lose the treble, but save the bait-body.
Another options with cranks that have a treble under the body, and one off the tail -you can either bend down the bottom hook of the treble, or flat out remove the upper one - and you'll have a lure less likely to snag.
In Utah we have to purchase a second permit for a second pole. But if you're in Missouri - that may not be the case. I dunno.
As Wiper mentioned - you can rig various worms and plastics, swimbaits even - so the hook tip ends up embedded in the plastic. Check into Texas, Carolina riggings for example.
There are also some hooks that have a wire-weedguard that can help.
One other idea - if you're pitching cranks baits or other hardbody lures with treble hooks - you can get o-rings that will give if you pull hard enough. You'll lose the treble, but save the bait-body.
Another options with cranks that have a treble under the body, and one off the tail -you can either bend down the bottom hook of the treble, or flat out remove the upper one - and you'll have a lure less likely to snag.
In Utah we have to purchase a second permit for a second pole. But if you're in Missouri - that may not be the case. I dunno.