Why do most fishing lures have 2 or 3 treble hooks?

Can I remove or replace the treble hooks w/ singles %26amp; will I destroy the action if I do?.





Are there manufacturers of medium %26amp; large lures that don't have so many hooks?

Why do most fishing lures have 2 or 3 treble hooks?
More hook points = more hookups.





I'm not sure what type of lures you're using, so I'll try to cover what I can.





Changing out parts is something many/most avid fisherman do regularly. eg. I throw Cordell pencil poppers, but the hooks bend because they're weak, so I replace them with Gamikatsu 2x trebles. They are topwater lures, so there's not much risk of over weighting them or ruining the action by changing hooks out. With other bass-type lures, buzzbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, swimbaits, etc...I usually swap the hooks out. With larger lures that have three trebles, I'll generally take out the middle hook to prevent the hooks from touching and tangling on eachother while working the lure. Also., once a fish is hooked, it prevents the middle hook from interferring and potentially aiding in disloging the other hook. Trebles will increase the number of hookups because, well, there are three hooks, not one. Single/siwash hooks are better at keeping fish hooked. However, when using barbed hooks, it's a little harder to make the comparison, but it's still there. Single hooks also offer a longer shank, making it more difficult for a head-shaking fish to shake the hook out.





When salmon/sleethead fishing with plugs, I'll swap out hooks with single siwash on chain swivels. This has proven to be the most effective configuration for me.





In general, changing hooks out will not ruin the action of lures. If there is a change in the action, 99% of lures made now are "tunable" in one way or another. Most manufacturers include the directions in the packaging.
Reply:This is the classic example. You can always tell a fishermen, but you can't tell him anything. Yes, on some lures taking the trebles off will throw the action of the lure off. Sorry, that's a fact. Replace trebles with trebles of the same or slightly bigger size. Lures with 3 trebles, take the middle one off. But you will lose some fish. As far as a single barb hook, you'll have to play with it and spend some money on hooks to figure it out. Your hook up ratio will go severly down. I would just use single hook lures and for go the aggravation.
Reply:They are there simply to improve your chances of catching fish, when a bass, trout etc nudges the lure they will get caught on it , you can use single hooks and no it wont affect the action, making them only a little bit lighter, you could try some hooks made by owner, called assist hooks, if you can get them in smaller sizes, if not a hook of your choice attached with braid, not just the hook eye to the lures split ring, this will increase you chances of catching if you choose the route of fishing single hooks.





http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...


(these are for saltwater but it gives you a rough idea of what you could do, ive tried it and have to say it has worked for me, especially for trout, also using barbles seems to get a better hook hold).
Reply:The lures have trebles, and more than one of them, to increase the chance of hooking a fish when it bites. Since a fish will know as soon as it bites it's been fooled, it's not going to try to swallow an artificial the way it would a natural bait.





Since these lures are designed to swim with the weight of the hooks, removing them or changing to different size/style hooks will likely alter or destroy the action. If your replacement hooks have the same weight and pretty much the same weight distribution, the lure will probably swim okay -- the only way to know would be to try it. I've heard that you can also replace a hook with a small sinker and the lure will still swim -- again, the weight has to match up.





But in either of these situations, you'll probably hook fewer fish. (Single hooks are cheaper -- lure manufacturers would use them if they worked as well as trebles.)
Reply:Those trebles improve chances of catching a fish. I have removed or replaced several trebles. Sometimes just to change size or to add better quality hooks. When I'm dragging a lure on the bottom I take the belly hook off (to avoid hang-ups) and just rely on the single hook on top. I have taken trebles off the back and replaced with a feathered treble or those hooks that look like a small frog hook. A couple of Storm lures I have only came with one belly treble. Not sure if it alters action too much, but there are times when I removed a hook and still had a good day of catching.
Reply:Put big minnows and worms on the large hooks and grobs and so on on the small hooks or if you are a tree hugger take a pliers and rip the hooks off, man I can hear the fish screaming from here.



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