Anyone convert their treble hook jigging spoons to a single hook?

[ND4LIFE]

The guys on the In-Fisherman ice fishing show have been talking about replacing the treble hook with a single on spoons. Anyone else tried this?

[thatoneguy]

ypu can buy buckshot spoons with a single hook. i've tried them, and don't catch nearly as many fish as i do with the treble though.

[Northlander]

Only on bigger ones I use for Lake Trout.

[hardcore365]

Yes. Thats what I like to do if the bite is slow. I take the treble off and attach a single glow hook. Eagle Claw sells em in a pack with a few diff colors (red, yellow, orange, and glow) They've been working for me lately. I think its cause the minnow doesn't have to work as hard to move your bait around, keeps it flashy. The one thing is your hook-up rate decreases obviously with less hooks but if they ain't bitin a treble your not gonna catch anything anyways. Also try put 2 minnows on the hook, sounds weird but it works give it a try. Hope this helps.

[Rick G]

I use the single hook setup for catfish. The treble hooks are a pain to pry out of their vice like jaws.

[DaSwede]

Wasn't that for whitefish though? I thought because their mouths are smaller they went with the single hook. I may be way off on that though.

[uptracker]

I switch all my steelhead and salmon hooks to singles when I'm spin fishing. Seems to not tear them up as bad for C&R and I get a better hook up.

I did try to switch out my perch and walleye ice lures with singles, but I may be switching back. I'm not having the hook-ups I did when I had trebles on.

[TroutYammer]

I have been removing my single hooks and replacing with Gumatsu treble hooks on most of trout fishing ice lures.

[hydro]

I have about half of my jigging spoons switched over to single hooks and for me they seem to be more effective than trebles. I use siwash hooks in #8 to #2 sizes and have not noticed any fewer hookups per hit than the trebles, far fewer fish shake the hook, and they work fantastic with the good old minnow head. I used to get the hooks at Sportsman's Warehouse but now I have to find them online.

The lures that I still run trebles on I have switched to the 2X strong hooks because I gor tired of them bending when removing from the fish.

[EBass]

No. But I have up'd the size of the treble and put on some of those off set trebles from VMC and that helps.

[HarvestMoon]

I switch to the single when trout fishing. I also go to a single when I'm perch (sometimes crappie) fishing but I'm using the single on a dropper line normally from 2" to 4", sometimes as long as 6". DEADLY ON PERCH!

[reinhard1]

one thing to remember about treble hooks on jigging spoons. make sure that they are larger than the width of your spoon. in my opinion that is important for better hook-ups. i probably use more trebles than single hooks on spoons. good luck.