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Old 10-23-2007, 05:16 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Rockfish9 View Post
I personaly started using them after seeing the hookup sucess ratio on my salmon lures like stingers and NK's, in the early 80's I went through a period of the "dropsies" with fish(bass) on plugs trolled on wire,I switches ALL my hooks, belly and tail to siwash... it helped,after a little extra tuning and tinkering of each plug, I missed a few fish, but once I hooked up, the fish were landed, if I'd known then, what I know now, I'd have just swiched the front hook....

So to answer your question, I use them because for me.. they work.
Interesting post, Roc. I've been considering trying the same thing for the same reason lately. You still fishing them that way?
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