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Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA
On the 182s I replace the split rings and trebles and add a split ring to the nose and fish it with a breakaway clip. Getting rid of the back treble will decrease hookups. I have tried a few times with no back hook and ended up putting them back on every time in the middle of good fishing.
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I am so glad this thread got started. I had all sorts of misgivings about taking the tail hook off. My canal mentor swore that it just got in the way and he never fished a stick shad with one.
I gave it my best shot last year and I felt that my plug didn't have the right action. I am a firm believer in no trebles on the back as I think they injure more fish than they hook. I like to use a 5/0 or 6/0 Siwash which I tie with bucktail or feathers. Sometimes both. That's the way I'm going this year.