Snag resistant bibbed minnow/crank?

[kakaryan]

For areas that are going quite deep outside / with drop off, but very shallow in front of you. All the bottom is rocky and full of snags, and the bigger fish are holding in the deeper area. What bibbed minnow or crank will you use?

I like something that can dive deep when I crank it, and go shallow when I need it by jerking it up or slowing the retrieve. And the most important is when I feel it encounters a snag, I just stop my retrieve then it can get rid of it.


So far I find the Damiki mu minnow is the best for this situation. I can save it 10/10 times when I feel it encounters a snag. I dont know why, maybe due to its position in the water. However, it can't dive really deep.

Some of my other favourite deeper diving lures such as the Daiwa double clutch would catch the snag very often, and is quite difficult to save it. I need to be very careful and focusing in controlling its depth. Maybe again due to its position in water that make it catch snag more easily. Sometimes, when I really cant save it. I cut the line then put it aside, and I keep on fishing. I come back at the end of the day and pick that line again, if I got luck, the wave would push it out of the snag. :P

Cheers.

[youngfisherman]

Hi mate,

I fish for Bass now and then so i have a little bit of experience in this sort of fishing. Try floating lures such as jackall chubbies, ecogear SX40's, atomic cranks etc. With these lures you can simply stop the retrieve and it will float up (like you mentioned). Also go for a single or double hook (A.K.A "W" hooks), which are more snag resistant than the trebles and supposedly have a better hook up rate. If you're looking for a single hook, go the Decoy Pluggin' Singles, they're great.

Todd

[ginga ninja]

I read somewhere that putting a small cube of an old soft plastic over the points of the hooks will reduce snags. just make sure that when a fish bites down on the hook the soft plastic cube can slip onto the gape of the hook rather than remain over the point.

[Fishing24/7]

I've resently been using a zipbaits khamsin jr sr in really snagy rocky areas and it just goes strait over all of the oysters where as other lures that I was using were getting snagged all of the time.

[forsterfisho]

I've found the Cranka Crank to be snag resistant when throwing it around rocky/reef areas and snags, also the atomic crank and khamsins are reasonably well snag resistant but I think all lures from time to time will snag up. Luckily I fish in shallow snaggy areas, so normally I can just quietly sneak into the reef/rocky area and unpick the lure.
W hooks will reduced your snag rate, but I think they may also reduce your hook up rate.
Try removing the belly treble that helps reduce hang ups too!

[Nick Cuccovia]

Cranka Crank with front treble removed.

[Mr Tojo]

The best snag resistant lures have a squared off bib at the front. This allows the lures to hit a snag and then roll over the snag end on end. There are a few lures with this bib around but not so common. In theory a rounded bib allows a lure to slide onto its side when it hits a snag and get caught up. Obviously this is not true a 100% of the time but this is why some lures are designed with the square bib. Also the W hooks rigged when they point up are another method to combat the situation but some people argue this effects your hook up rate.