Breakaway clips and pencil poppers - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Slipknot · 07-20-2005, 08:52 PM

Have any of you that use these clips ever lost a plug when hooking up with fish using a pencil popper?

I had it happen twice in a row to 2 plugs. First it was a large howdy type plug that I made myself and had been getting some good bass on. Then it was a Mac blue mackeral pencil and both times I would feel the fish hit, then nothing and I was shocked as I reeled in the snap only, the line didn't break, the clip was still there so the only thing I can think of is that the action of poppping the plug caused the clip to spin around and get in position to be pulled out when the fish hit. Maybe if I put a large splitring on all my pencils it will not happen ever again

afterhours · 07-20-2005, 08:54 PM

slip, was the ba clip backwards when it came in?

Slipknot · 07-20-2005, 08:59 PM

no, that is the first thing I checked.

BigFish · 07-20-2005, 09:20 PM

I have not had that problem Slip....then again...I ain't been catchin' much!

Karl F · 07-20-2005, 09:43 PM

was it a fresh one? The last time you and I fished I had one that I noticed was losing its, tension, for lack of a better word... the plugs went on and came off too easy... so I changed it out, nice and tight again.. maybe?

NIB · 07-21-2005, 06:32 AM

I would bet the natural action of a pencil whips the line around to a position where the clip could be backwards on the hit an slippin the plug off the clip on impact.that sucks I use a big rosco cross lock.I like the breakaways but on some lures they are a pain in the but so I find myself not usin em so much.