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Kerry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 427 Location: Toronto Joined: May 13^th, 2010	Snap weights Jul 25^th, 2013 at 6:02pm	Quote Print Post
	I mentioned that I was planning to give the 3-way swivel rig a try this year and the feedback I'm getting is that it can be a hassle. I still want to give it a go and see for myself but I will also have my snap weights with me and I want to get some feedback on their use as well. Last year, as I said, I used the snap weights and did pretty well - a whole mess of 6 lb Lakers, which was very exciting. But I'm not sure that I'm using them correctly. What I've been doing is tying on, say, a jerk bait and then attaching the snap about 50 feet up the line. It worked fine in terms of getting my bait down where it needed to be but when reeling in I had to stop to take off the snap. Because I'm using braided line I wound the line around the snap pad twice so it wouldn't slip free, which made getting it off just a little more difficult. While I'm getting the snap free from the line I feel like I'm losing control of the fish. So ... am I using the snaps correctly? Any hints as to how I might use them more effectively or efficiently? And honestly, this is a fishing question not a metaphor.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Snap weights Reply #1 - Jul 25^th, 2013 at 6:15pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: Storing a three way once it is out of the water also presents a challenge. Hey, I took two - one pound downrigger weights one year. Complete with the release clips and flashers... Lesson learned although figuring/imagioning how that would work was enjoyable, quality time for me back then. What's a snap weight? The rubber twisty things? Personally, I'm not fond laker meat although I like the social aspect of stuffing and baking. It's like bringing the main course and a dish to pass. These days I try to avoid catching lakers. Last trip, I was trolling a contour ... didn't want to waste time covering a walleyeless looking bay ... so I made a beeline for the next point. I marked fish (or something) at 40' in 60' of water just before the usual tap, tap, tap - laker on. I was trolling a 20' contour and the fish was released none the worse for wear. I don't think I even saw bubbles before pulling it up to be sure what it was before attempting to let it spit a barbless treble.


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Kerry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 427 Location: Toronto Joined: May 13^th, 2010	Re: Snap weights Reply #2 - Jul 25^th, 2013 at 6:50pm	Quote Print Post
	What I do with my 3-ways when not in use is wrap them separately around a Stim-u-dent, you know, those wooden toothpicky things for cleaning your gums. Snap weights? Well a picture is worth a thousand words (which, by the way, has never stopped me from talking): (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) As you can see from the pictures they can also be used as in-line weights, which might make more sense in the end than either 3-ways or snap weights. Oh, and I love trout - grilled with the skin on. Very meaty, more like salmon than walleye.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8107 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Snap weights Reply #3 - Jul 25^th, 2013 at 6:55pm	Quote Print Post
	Just a thought Kerry, why not combine the 3-way swivel with the snap-weight. I've done this. Take a 3-way swivel and attach mainline to one side with your braid and a good swivel. Clip your snap weight to 3-way ring or use a another snap-lock to attach. If your worried about weight hanging in rocks and losing whole set-up, use a short piece of mono line that will break before braid. Run a 3-4' leader other side for your lure of choice. Snap weight should be easy to unhook or just leave on while you bring in laker. I'm sure a little experimentation will give prove what works best. Trying to unloop braid 50' up the line from lure/fish would be a hassle.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8107 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Snap weights Reply #4 - Jul 25^th, 2013 at 6:59pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: As you can see from the pictures they can also be used as in-line weights, which might make more sense in the end than either 3-ways or snap weights. I think your on to something. Snapweights I used didn't have the in-line option.


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Kerry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 427 Location: Toronto Joined: May 13^th, 2010	Re: Snap weights Reply #5 - Jul 26^th, 2013 at 12:18pm	Quote Print Post
	solotripper wrote on Jul 25^th, 2013 at 6:55pm: Just a thought Kerry, why not combine the 3-way swivel with the snap-weight. I've done this. Take a 3-way swivel and attach mainline to one side with your braid and a good swivel. Clip your snap weight to 3-way ring or use a another snap-lock to attach. If your worried about weight hanging in rocks and losing whole set-up, use a short piece of mono line that will break before braid. Run a 3-4' leader other side for your lure of choice. Snap weight should be easy to unhook or just leave on while you bring in laker. I'm sure a little experimentation will give prove what works best. Trying to unloop braid 50' up the line from lure/fish would be a hassle. I'm not sure I'm following you here, ST. I would typically set up a 3-way swivel by tying one end off to my mainline, tie a snap weight off on a 3 foot leader and attach to the other end (in a vertical line with my mainline) and finally tie my lure off to a 3 foot leader and run that off the horizontal end of the 3-way. I'm not sure if you are suggesting something different. Are you?


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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: Snap weights Reply #6 - Jul 26^th, 2013 at 2:29pm	Quote Print Post
	The way I use snap weights is to attach them 6-7' ahead of lure. Very simple. I use 2-4 oz . No need for 3-ways or anything else.


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Kerry Inukshuk Offline Posts: 427 Location: Toronto Joined: May 13^th, 2010	Re: Snap weights Reply #7 - Jul 26^th, 2013 at 5:22pm	Quote Print Post
	Do you just snap them on or use them as in-lines?


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Jimbo Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4599 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: Snap weights Reply #8 - Jul 27^th, 2013 at 8:46pm	Quote Print Post
	Kerry, Ditto to what Old_Salt has said, using this equipment: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I just snap them on. They work great. I use them in conjunction with Sutton Flutter Spoons (see: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) ). Can't tell if the picture is of the "featherlite" variety that I prefer. Great for lake trout & walleyes. Jimbo


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Snap weights Reply #9 - Jul 28^th, 2013 at 6:55am	Quote Print Post
	So these are heavy spring clothespin type things? Seems easy enough but how deep do you guys fish? I was thinking another option for 30'+ (if you know you can eat a laker you're gonna probably kill anyway). Tie on a big ol' tinsel jig or a doctor spoon and drift a sunny <ten and >two o'clock (angle of the dangle) day away. It's much more enjoyable than trolling for laker meat anyway. My guess is braid may be better as mono does stretch a bit too much for a barbless jig. I've not jigged that way since that reg came out but could see line stretch being an issue either way.


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