Made this ugly thing in applied tech today and put the hooks on at home. I will be replacing the frog hooks with Owner 1/0 stinger trebles ASAP. It may not look good but it wakes well and leaves a nice bubble trail. It also walks the dog like a champ. Tell me what ya think!

Looks great.

I think you should keep the frog hooks though, but turn them the other way so that they tuck up into the body. I fish wakebaits with that set up all the time and crank them over spatterdock/pads, and they are pretty much completely weedless.

 

Are you going to paint it?

Looks great.

I think you should keep the frog hooks though, but turn them the other way so that they tuck up into the body. I fish wakebaits with that set up all the time and crank them over spatterdock/pads, and they are pretty much completely weedless.

 

Are you going to paint it?

won't that kill the hookup ratio quite a bit? Yes, I did paint it. It is now a very light tan color/ off white. Here's a pic. Now I just have to get some epoxy to make it indestructable.

won't that kill the hookup ratio quite a bit? Yes, I did paint it. It is now a very light tan color/ off white. Here's a pic. Now I just have to get some epoxy to make it indestructable.

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Won't kill the hook up ratio as much as a wad of salad hanging from trebles

 

But seriously, fish attack wakebaits with great ferocity... the hook up ratio with upward facing hooks will be fine. In Japan it's common to put upward facing frog hooks on wakebaits and crankbaits. They work fine.

 

FYI, I mod crankbaits like this often. I usually remove the front hook and only put a frog hook on the rear when I do.

 

That thing looks like it'll catch fish for sure. The tail on the painted lure looks better than the one in the first pics.

I like it!  I never made anything that cool in shop class.  Let us know if it catches any fish.

Looks pretty good!