Have you fished a soft plastic with the hook guard still on? : Fishing Polls

Matt Flynn

Have you fished a soft plastic with the hook guard still on?

Slayer

Um no gave the mull up years ago..... :angel:

ajbear · Last edited by ajbear on Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I would like to say no but......
Haven't done it since being in the nt but did it one day while fishing for redfin back in vic on a plastic standing yabbie. The prob was a 2lb reddie got all the way to the boat then swan off as I produced the net!!! Took the hook guard off after that they work far better without it on there!!!!!!

Angry

You what ??????

:rofl:

DOUG

yeah a few times of a night when ya get into a bit of a session and ya going through the rubbers tie it on and to keen to flick it out again
and first few hits ya think whats going on and ya check the hooks

deano

yep dropped three fish in three casts, scratched head, removed hook saver, caught three fish in three casts..... daly

Agent86

yep done it on purpose catching GT's and Queenies when they were going off,

just to see if i could land one with them just hanging on, nearly got a couple in the boat, but eventally they realised it wasn't worth eating and let go, good fun though.
Must admit i have just grabbed one out of the box before and thrown it in and couldn't work out why i wasn't hooking up

till the little feller suggested i take the plastic off the hook, good for a laugh :roll:

mazza

Yep, swim ck last year. Between barra and snags we were tying on every few casts. Couple of hits with no hook ups had me looking. Funny thing was, the boys all gave me some stick, but they eventually did it too.. Calamity...

luke79

yeah.. have done it a few times and will no doubt do it again lol

Shane Doevy

Isnt that the weedless setup for fishing in the snags and weeds .......................................... :lipsrsealed:

Shane

cuddlescooper

Did it at the Daly last year. Had four hits for no result and was scratching my head. The two other lads were calling me a bullshitter because they hadnt had a hit yet. Eventually worked out the gaurd was still on and next cast once removed I hooked up. Needless to say the other boys were soon tying on the same rubber as I was using. We ended up with 20 fish after that.

Mr RiverBabe

Hahahaha yep done it twice now. First time we were getting smashed every cast but no hook ups. Was at tortilla flats. Then we realized Hahahaha we were both doing it. Tonkich excitement after seeing them hitting stuf on the surface when we got there.

Did it again at the south the other day. Felt it snag then come off and thought hold on a second that should have snagged up. Check and had a laugh. Then removed it and kept fishing.

shaggs

Never
Always check the sharpness of the hooks before I start casting
That's my excuse for not having done so and I'm sticking to it

kernal

You mean your supposed to take that plastic thing off the hook? no wonder I never catch anything! stay tuned i might start catching some fish!

sarrge

yep - makes it REALLY hard to hook up......

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