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You tie a loop knot to the line tie of your topwater lure, right? (not the split ring). I initially misinterpreted when you said if you bought a topwater bait that has a split ring on it, that you tie a loop knot on it (the split ring)🤔

Loop knot on a jerkbait is 💰 too, as long as your not worried about suspending perfectly

Yeah but they don’t sell loop knots at the store, lol

@@nickkerr5714 you not going to find a loop knot for sale at any store 🤫🤫🤫 don’t tell anyone tho you have to tie it yourself 🤔🤔🤔🤯😂😂😂

@@nickkerr5714 I literally said tie a loop knot in the video. Maybe your audio was off

That’s a solid one, and one that will come in in our frog specific video 👍

Dude that happen to me this morning . First time using a lipless crank bait and the moment I felt that bite I tried to set hook only to have that sucker get the hook out while thrashing at the top . Super disappointed but learning!

@@morachris yeah, that's why the pros started using composite rods for cranking back in the day instead of the ever-increasingly sensitive graphite rods... nowadays it's pretty commonplace to use slower-reacting rods to mitigate that fast hookset we have trained in ourselves, but I think they started doing it in the mid-90s. Rick Clunn(4x Bassmaster Classic champion - he did it BEFORE Kevin Van Dam became the GOAT) started it, I think. Lipless cranks are GREAT lures, I can't even count the number of fish I have caught on em, including my biggest walleye this summer(pics & vids on my channel!). Early in the year white bass spawning runs are a great time to use em to catch better quality fish, when most anglers are using small spoons, spinners & jigs. I used to always say, when asked how to fish a "rattle trap", - "Tie it on & wear the paint off!" Hahaha But throwing a slight pause in every 4-5 turns of the handle will get you alot of bites from followers. They're cruising right behind it(happens more often than people realize) & all of a sudden it just stops & bam! it's right in their face & they'll usually eat it. My baitcaster takes in about 3ft per turn, so 4 turns is 12ft... your average ceilings are 8ft, judt to hive a visual reference, so your lure just went that far horizontally, so I think that's a good time to just stop for a split second. It's not really dropping, although that can trigger bites too, but it's just unexpectedly hesitating as the fish runs up into it. Sorry for "running off at the mouth", as my momma used to say lol, I just love fishing!

I still have those kind of reactions to Frog bites. 😆 The use of Braid, heavy rods and in vegetation... you have to set the hook hard... With treble baits I learned from my pops to just stay focused on your cadences and such... to the point to where when you get a blow up your twitch/walk/pop rod motions continue until you feel the weight of the fish cause the lure to go under... it's a split second thing... but if you keep focus and keep in your mind to let the trebles do most of the hook setting for you... Also make sure not have too much slack in the line... but definitely wait to feel some kind of weight and then lean/pull into the hookset just like a crankbait/jerkbait bite. Keeping sharp good hooks on your baits is also key... Owner ST-36 are a go-to hook for many if us for sure.

@@SuaSponte75 I totally remember sitting on the couch with all the fishing shows going, Bassmasters, Jimmy Houston, Bill Dance, and Roland Martin, etc., with my tackle box(es) out & a little file sharpening all of my hooks... geez, what we would've given to have lures that actually came with decently sharp hooks in those days!! The Johnson Silver Minnow weedless spoons were the worst - you couldn't even pop a balloon with those things straight out of the package! Fish catching suckers though, especially if you throw a jig/spinnerbait skirt or a half a plastic worm on em as a trailer... hmmmmm, there are generations of fish that have never even seen one of those. What's old is new again?

It’s a must for me, but I only use pop max as a walking bait. If you just want to pop it, it doesn’t change much.

@@thehookuptackle_usa thanks I thought that's what you guys said before I fish them often so maybe I'll try one with it on

Such a sick color, I had a pike break mine off...😪

@@dant8213 OMG... must be a giga pike. We should get multiple ones when it's restocked.

Alberto

My favorite topwater AGS is the 7’2” Medium

There’s always a chance 😜

@@thehookuptackle_usa hey, you guys showed me some shit that actually worked. I was surprised! Keep up the great content!

It’s just a size thing. Use it when you think the fish need something large to pull them to it, or when they’re feeding on big bait like gizzards or herring.

@@thehookuptackle_usa Thank you!

Teckel Kicknocker

And the pup 😉

No, it sinks

Just run Samurai Braid for topwater... 30-40 lb for treble baits. 55lb and up for frogs around heavy vegetation

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Same I've transitioned back to using snaps and taking split rings off for pretty much all my hard bait applications and some soft bait presentations. My snap of choice is the nishine Lure works one.

I use the owner c'ultiva p-20 #000

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This should be everyone’s #1 🏆

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Never, but if you like it then use it!

Copolymer is honestly just mono with little to no fluorocarbon coating. Basically 10% or less of fluoro coating more times than "knot"... So basically... Just stick with mono or braid TBH Mono- Regular Defier or Armilo Defier Braid- Samurai Braid

The rats are definitely a SLOW retrieve bait, it will absolutely go Sub surface if you go to fast. Mono line will help as well.

@@MadMaxx89 Thanks! I slowed it down and noticed a little difference, hence reason for asking about the line to use.

I use fluoro. Geoff uses fluoro. I do see a huge difference when I use a low gear ratio reel. I would recommend doing that - 6:1