Wondering if anyone has an idea for rigging a stinger hook on a fluke or any soft jerkbait. I know Gammie makes a stinger, would like something different, I've tried the Gammies and didn't have much success with them.

Any ideas???????

I call the hook a stinger, some may call it a trailer hook BTW.......

Guess if I don't get any ideas I will revert to my fly fishing techniques.  My idea is to rig a number 6 treble as a "dropper" hook but not allow it to float free (like droppers in fly fishing).

I will use a small piece of 20 lb braided line and attach the treble to the bend of my 4/0 EWG that runs throug the fluke. The treble will be lightly skin hooked just behind where the tail meets the main body of the bait.  Long as a the treble dosen't affect the baits action it should work, I think........

I've caught many steelhead on the dropper fly which is attached usually with really light tippet (line) or leader material.

Trying to solve short strikers on a jerkbait.

You don't wanna catch the dinks that will short-strike a soft jerkbait anyway.  Any bass 1lb+ should be able to inhale it.  Anything smaller should be able to inhale it unless it's a bluegill or a baby bass.

And I would think that a stinger treble would noticeably hinder the action and eliminate the weedless property of these baits.

I don't know about you, but I throw my flukes in weeds a LOT and a trailer hook would get in the way more then it would help.

ojne of the best ways to fish a fuke is to fish it over the weeds or over the weeds.

you can pitch it into cover but if u are fishing a point or weed line than a trailor is not a bad idea for some confidence.

Ok, guess I should have been more specific.

Not fishing it around weeds.

Fishing it in open water situations around very limited wood, mostly around drop offs, current breaks, rocks.

For smallmouth and not really big ones, a 4 pounder would be a large one for this body of water.

Allow me to add that I've fished a fluke just about every way imaginable. I'm just looking for a solution for short strikers.

to Toyko_Tony....I saw the fish that hit the bait short.....defiantley NOT dinks......yes they are capable of inhaling it if they want to, smallmouth are notorious for slashing at a bait and not eating it, or running up to it inhaling back 1/2 of the bait then immediatley blowing it out.

Wondering if anyone has an idea for rigging a stinger hook on a fluke or any soft jerkbait. I know Gammie makes a stinger, would like something different, I've tried the Gammies and didn't have much success with them.

Any ideas???????

When you said you tried the gammie, did you mean the trailer hook or the G-stinger? I have used the G-stinger on flukes and they worked great.

Wondering if anyone has an idea for rigging a stinger hook on a fluke or any soft jerkbait. I know Gammie makes a stinger, would like something different, I've tried the Gammies and didn't have much success with them.

Any ideas???????

When you said you tried the gammie, did you mean the trailer hook or the G-stinger? I have used the G-stinger on flukes and they worked great.

The G-Stinger. I just couldn't get that hook to rig in a way that I liked. How do you rig them, maybe I was not doing it correctly.

It's so rare that a fish doesn't inhale the whole fluke that I wouldn't even consider the added effort for a trailer or stinger hook. I bet less than 1 in 50 grab just the tail. We catch lots of little (12"-14") fish on super flukes, they don't have any trouble eating them. Smallies included.  Maybe your fish are line shy, if you are watching them short strike, maybe they get close and spook.  Just a thought.

I tried a stinger hook once. But only once. It screwed up the action to much.