3-hook tribles for stuborn bluegill sipping VS single hooks...

[digihax]

Don't you just hate it when a good size bluegill just uses his gills to sip in your bait on a single hook then when you tug at your rod after you notice your float went under that it just comes to rest at the top, what about using a trible hook rather than a single hook?, you think you'll have a better chance of catching something like that?. I'm pretty sure there not hard to get off of lures to be used for floats though, IDK it was just an idea I had I haven't been able to test out this theory of mine yet lol...what do you guys think ???...Thumbs Up

[Bronson]

I don't like trebles for gills for several reasons. Takes longer to get off the hook, can do permanent damage to a fish that isn't big enough to keep, and it can be hard for a fish to get it his mouth. I would rather use a smaller hook, downsize my lure and tip it with a nibble or a piece of worm, etc. A taste may make them go ahead and take it.

Also try a small artificial trailer behind your main bait. Something like a black ant or gnat that sinks should work.

[digihax]

oh ok, thnx man never thought of it could hurt them...

[deathb4disco]

Like Bronson, I don't like trebles for gills. If you use a more sensitive float, you will see the bite earlier, and you won't miss the fish.

[digihax]

Like Bronson, I don't like trebles for gills. If you use a more sensitive float, you will see the bite earlier, and you won't miss the fish.

Oh really, are there more sensitive slipfloats ?...

[deathb4disco]

Oh really, are there more sensitive slipfloats ?...

Yes. Try a waggler float. Shotted so that just the tip is out of the water, there is nothing more sensitive.

[JibJabber]

You might could try a small sickle hook, too. I seem to get better hook ups with them.

[skiptomylu]

They also make small circle hooks that you don't do anything except pull, no jerk and the hook rotates right into their upper mouth.

[NIMROD]

Oh really, are there more sensitive slipfloats ?...

Try a porcupine Quill float if you can find one. Won't hold up much weight and are sensitive.

[digihax]

Try a porcupine Quill float if you can find one. Won't hold up much weight and are sensitive.

Yeah that's the kind I would like to buy next but they seem hard to find in town, might just have to order them off the internet ..."BUT".....if it's not a slip-float I'm not messing with it, only BC with a slip-float I can fish 5'5" in a 10 feet deep bank edge "accounting for brush on the bottom" or deeper, like 10' deep in a 20' deep area farther out from the bank...