Tip to prevent tearing out head of soft plastic baits

Coolest trick I've learned in a long time! My tip to prevent tearing out the head of soft plastic bass fishing lures after one or two fish. With this trick, I routinely catch 15 to 20 fish on one soft plastic lure.

Thanks for sharing

Pretty slick. Thanks

That's pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for showing us how to save a little money.

Thanks, Can't wait to try this with Z-hogs. I get bites on these and even a miss can ruin the bait.

great info Tom
Good luck out on the trail and stay safe!

Very clever. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the tip Tom! Will definitely use this! Good luck out there!

great idea

Thanks guys! Wish I was clever enough to think of it myself, but credit goes to my friend's dad.

Now if anyone figures out how to keep short strikers and bream from tearing off the tails/claws/legs of our baits, I love to know that!!

That drives me crazy when I use Lake Fork hyper worm

Thanks for sharing Tom. Hope you are well.

Good tip! I tried to use the orings for the wacky but didn't like it so now I have something to use them on/for!!

Where was this the last two days, would've saved me two packs of rage tails? Appreciate the idea!

Cool little trick. Will try that this weekend. Thanks.

Wow! I'am happy I saved all my used plastics. Great Tip!!

Thanks for sharing Tom !!

And thank Steve as well

I have been using o rings for years to hold the bait better and to save plastics with Sweet Beavers, Paca Craws, Biffle Bugs, Rage Bugs, T-rigged senkos and 7"-10" worms. I thought it was common knowledge or I would have shared it earlier. I think I picked it up from a old fishing buddy in KY before they were sold for fishing and we bought the o-rings from auto parts stores. "Back in the Day" we used old ball point pen tubes to put them on baits. Sure wish I had thought of inventing the o-ring tool!

One tip I will add is to use a red o ring instead of the usual black. I now use the red ones exclusively and it works for me. It may be a confidence thing rather than an attractor but I know I get more bites with the red. At least I know it doesn't prevent any bites.

So when buying in bulk thru non tackle supply channels, what is the correct size o-ring for a standard 5 inch senko?

put two o rings ----angle the tool so the second one goes on crossing the first one --make an X --- hook through the intersection of the X --- senkos are super soft and this makes them last lots longer !

Neat trick, thanks for sharing

I would say size 5 or 6. Working maintenance we use a lot of O-rings and a 6 barely fits on the end of my pinkie finger. a 5 would be a little smaller and a 4 maybe for finesse worms? I'd start with a 6 and go from there.

Ok so I guess its how the military orders them as a size 4,5,6 etc. Here is a website with an o-ring chart. I would think a ( -13 ) which has an inside diameter of 7/16" would be the lowest we could go but all depends on the bait.

http://www.theoringstore.com/index.php?main_page=page_2

they had red rings on this website but none of them were showing in stock. good idea though to try the red ones IMO!

Since I am not in any hurry to get them I ordered 100 Orange O-Rings from eBay for $2.99 shipped via a slow boat from China.

^^ Dang that's a great price!! :-)

. That tip could save the day, or at least a ton of money on beavers!!!

I saw my daughter using small rubber bands in her hair. I started using them. Very cheap.

Goody mini eleastic.

Ha! Receive the order and immediately mark as Class IV.... good ole "make it disappear" pile.

I buy the little blue tool with the oil rings already on it. You can also buy the replacement O-rings at BPS. I have used it on senko's to wacky rig for a couple of years. NEVER thought of putting it around the head to prevent tearing. The blue tool is so easy to use. Last weekend I lost 5 baits on 5 fish and two of those were only 14". Expensive. At $4 for a bag of 5 I am definitely going to start using this.

I used the tool and orings that came with it and it worked for this tube craw! Fit was tight and though I didn't catch any fish with it stayed for a lot of flipping and casting! It also fit on a havoc pit boss. Would probably take a size bigger or so to fit a beaver type bait.

Good on ya mate!

Cheers,

George

update- it also fits perfectly onto a baby brush hog!!