Jamiel1000 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Hi Raiders is the best way to stop trebles from getting tangled on each other on my small lures to down size them. it is so frustrating having to untangle them after every couple of retieves of missing a good cast due to the front and rear tebles caught up on themselves. mainly on my sx 48 and ck 40 and the new px I also get this on a lot of my bass poppers. maybe it's just me? any advise would be great Edited February 25, 2008 by Yes Dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 You can downsize the trebles, not only in usual size (10, 12 etc) but you can also downsize the style. By that mean you can essentially keep the same size treble but find one thats has smaller gape. This is a bit tough though, finding a smaller gape. Easy to upsize the gape but downsizing is hard. What you can do that works is only downsize one treble, normally the front one. That way you keep the rear treble the same size as it's the one that usually pins the fish. The drawback with this is you can potentially unbalance small minnows. Hope that helps a bit Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiel1000 Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 You can downsize the trebles, not only in usual size (10, 12 etc) but you can also downsize the style. By that mean you can essentially keep the same size treble but find one thats has smaller gape. This is a bit tough though, finding a smaller gape. Easy to upsize the gape but downsizing is hard. What you can do that works is only downsize one treble, normally the front one. That way you keep the rear treble the same size as it's the one that usually pins the fish. The drawback with this is you can potentially unbalance small minnows. Hope that helps a bit Windy Thanks Matt that makes a lot of sense. I will look into this. It was nice to meet you the other day and have a chat. Next time you are heading down there PM me and I will try to meet up. I'm heading down there after work today. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 When you cast stop the line just before the lure will hit the water so it lands with a tight line this will stop the lure tumbling when it hits the water and tangling the hooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Good to meet you to Yes Dear How did you go this arvo? I hit it yesterday arvo for a couple of decent Bream but it was pretty quiet. Will probably have another go a bit later in the week when the tide is a bit lower, will let you know Cheers Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 This happened to my old Attack and Merlin hard body lures and smaller split rings fixed the problem. Hope this is an option for you.. Cheers Roffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Could try getting a different brand of lures if all else fails. I've never had rapala's getting trebles tangled, has anyone? Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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