How to replace split rings with braided fishing line
Yes, 2020 has been a tough year for the entire nation, but it's been especially problematic for those of us on the Gulf Coast. We've endured a line of tropical storms and hurricanes -- Marco, Laura, Sally and Beta -- that have made fishing on many days impossible in anything smaller than the Queen Mary.
And that's particularly unfortunate because the fishing -- at least here on the Louisiana coast -- has gotten so good in recent weeks. Speckled trout have moved to the inside marshes, where they're crushing, among other things, topwater baits.
And that's my favorite way to catch them.
But there's a pitfall to using hard plastics -- crank baits, jerk baits, topwaters, really any hard plastic -- to catch any kind of fish.
Hooks are attached to those baits with rigid split rings, and those split rings allow limited movement of the hooks.
That's a big reason so many fish successfully throw hard-plastic baits.
So a lot of the bass pros have begun to replace their split rings with braided line, and they universally say it's led to an increase in the percentage of fish they land.
Since our weather's so crummy right now, I figured it would be a good time to change out some of my split rings, and in this video, I show you how to do it.
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