Do you guys keep the swimbait hook flush with the bait or do you put it in the plastic a bit

I try to keep it flush but will skin hook if I’m in grass or other cover

I'll assume this is for swimbait hooks or T-Rigs...as trailers on chatter/spinnerbaits the hook point is very exposed.

 

Ya, I tex-pose the hook - just skin the point under the plastic.

Depends on where I'm fishing it. If in heavier cover where I think it could snag on something I might put the hook tip just under the plastic, or use something else if it becomes a bother. otherwise, I'd leave the hook resting just on the outside of the swimbait. I do the same thing for flukes. 

It is heavy and the plastic is thick, you need a good hookset, and so I would rig it with the hook point flush (and maybe work it around a bit to make sure it can move). Is this a belly weighted swimbait hook? that will keep it vertical and the point out of the weeds for the most part.

 

This isn't your question, but I have switched to swimbait jig heads for skinny dippers for most of the time; they work well, are pretty weedless for the most part, and the hookset is instant and hard to miss.

 

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It has a bit of a slot, and if rigged properly with the right hook, the point will sit flush in it, If it's snagging, I'm going to something else fully t-rigged. Skinny Dipper is one of my favorite swimbaits.

A number of years ago I bought 6 or 8 bags of this bait, but for whatever reasons I never fished them and they ended up in the great pile of unused/forgotten baits.   Well, this winter, I found them, 6 bags, various colors, all stored together in a quart zip lock bag.  I took that as a sign and so now I put together a kit of a dozen or so similar soft plastics, swim jigs, swim bait heads and so forth and I have a dedicated swim jig rig now, so I'm going to put this style of bait in the regular rotation.   When I finally get on the water this year, and who knows when that will be, a skinny dipper will be tied on, ready to go.   OIb yeah, the rig - gonna start out with an older 7' olive green Kistler small swim bait rod and a Shimano Calais with 17 lb mono and go from there.