I just got these. Installation is a breeze. 3 to a pack. They're super soft, but should help to keep from snagging salad. I doubt they'll mess with hookups at all. I don't have too many open hook baits, but if these are legit I'd be encouraged to get some more. It'll be a spell until the veg is high enough to find out. Has anyone tried these yet? I have no affiliation whatsoever with this brand.

Looks good to me!

A few years ago (1995) I wrote a article in In-Fisherman called Horizontal Jigging where I have a photo of using a piece of finesse worm for a weed guard and it works good. Surprised it took 25 years for someone to offer soft plastic weed guard commercially!

Tom

PS, hope the bluegill Swimbait swims a good as it looks! 

6 hours ago, WRB said:

Looks good to me!

A few years ago (1995) I wrote a article in In-Fishermand called Horizontal Jigging where I have a photo of using a piece of finesse worm for a weed guard and it works good. Surprised it took 25 years for someone to offer soft plastic weed guard commercially!

Tom

Hey, maybe they read your article and found inspiration! The way it clips over the hook's eye and is then held down by the line is nifty. My chances of throwing baits like these 50 ft off shore and swimming them back in where the bluegill are bedding is about zero with the veg around here. It's a killer tactic at night when the bass come in to grab them, but I've been limited to totally weedless presentations with buried hooks. I lost two absolute tanks during the prespawn last year. When I think about it I still feel that very different pull in my forearm of when a donk is on the line. The tail slap, then nothing. Uhg... Anyway, these could be a game changer. 

I clicked on this because I thought the title was a start to a funny joke........

d**n that's a good idea, like Tom said surprised I haven't seen it offered by someone else yet. 

Bass pro sells those or something very similar. Bought 2 pks. A couple years ago but put them.somewhere and forgot about them so I can't comment on how they work.

I used a home made wire keeper before hitchhiker springs became available to hold the finesse worm onto the hook eye. I like the hitchhiker spring because it's easy to clip on the hook eye using pre rigged worm pieces that I cut 2 1/2" long and slit the tail end about 1" where the hook point is inserted into.

If interested I can email a old sketch. The subject soft plastic Boogers should work.

Tom

10 hours ago, WRB said:

I used a home made wire keeper before hitchhiker springs became available to hold the finesse worm onto the hook eye. I like the hitchhiker spring because it's easy to clip on the hook eye using pre rigged worm pieces that I cut 2 1/2" long and slit the tail end about 1" where the hook point is inserted into.

Good idea. I have plenty of Owner CPSs. I'll try your method using worms if I run out of Boogers.

On 2/28/2020 at 1:15 PM, WRB said:

PS, hope the bluegill Swimbait swims a good as it looks! 

I don't think this guy makes a bait that doesn't swim right/well. Mattlures Ultimate Bluegill 5".

 

On 2/28/2020 at 6:39 PM, keagbassr said:

Bass pro sells those or something very similar. Bought 2 pks. A couple years ago but put them.somewhere and forgot about them so I can't comment on how they work.

I did the same exact thing . 

On 3/1/2020 at 6:27 AM, scaleface said:

I did the same exact thing . 

Me three.   They seemed a little stiff and in my mind they were going to impede hooksets, so I set them aside and never tried them.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-MOLDCOMP.html?from=basres

This is what I bought, but never tried

11 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

They seemed a little stiff and in my mind they were going to impede hooksets,

I've never touched the BPS version, but the DS Boogers are rather soft. Any fish large enough to inhale a bait of the size of the 5" Ultimate BlueGill will be heavy enough for the hook's point to penetrate through the silicone. They do their job well on baits half the size, and are a good option for throwing open hook baits where they'd be impossible to throw otherwise.