Bait Disloger

[Gindog]

Anyone have any ideas of a homemade hook disloger?

[Hanr3]

A snap on weight. Like they use for trolling.

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[deathb4disco]

Anyone have any ideas of a homemade hook disloger?

A popsicle stick with a notch on one end works just fine. However, I bought mine (very cheaply) off Amazon.

Are you having trouble with crappie or bluegill?

[deathb4disco]

Based on Han's answer, I'm not sure what you're trying to unhook -- a fish or a bait.

Can you clarify?

[Gindog]

Unhook baits for log/ext under water

[Cray]

Take a 1 or 2 oz bass weight with the brass eye, use a split ring to attach a locking snap to it. Tie on a length of braid . When hung up just attach snap to line and let it slide down to bait. Jiggle it around just a bit and usually will knock a jig loose. If crank bait get some small chain and attach 3-4 pieces about 6 inches long to the weight and do same thing. Wrap your braid line around a short piece of dowel rod to pull on.

[CrappiePappy]

Take a 1 or 2 oz bass weight with the brass eye, use a split ring to attach a locking snap to it. Tie on a length of braid . When hung up just attach snap to line and let it slide down to bait. Jiggle it around just a bit and usually will knock a jig loose. If crank bait get some small chain and attach 3-4 pieces about 6 inches long to the weight and do same thing. Wrap your braid line around a short piece of dowel rod to pull on.

Or buy or make one of these "plug knockers" :



I bought this one back in the early to mid 1970's for around $8.00 .... and it has saved/retrieved enough cranks (even at the $2.50 price tag of back then) to have paid for itself 10 times over. And bare in mind that I haven't even used it more than 1-2 times in the last 20+ years, but that has more to do with my 99% conversion to Crappie fishing from Bass fishing using cranks over the last several decades.

It's basically a piece of metal pipe, filled with lead, and has a copper loop coming out the side of the pipe. There are holes around the bottom for placing the chains (if you so desire to use them) and there's a metal wire loop across the top , imbedded into the lead, for tying your nylon cord on. And FWIW ... the nylon cord and wood slat it's wrapped around are part of the original set.

The supposed purpose of the chains is to become entangled with the treble hooks of the crank, in order to be able to rip the crank loose from brush if the "knocker" weight cannot do the job.

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There are also products that are nothing more than extension poles with a "spring" on the end, where you run the spring down the line & "poke" the bait loose. Their only drawback is the length of the pole.