Using Swiivels for Crankbaits and Jerkbaits?

[slackdaddy]

I don't use them at all. Yes it makes changing baits a lot faster but I'm usually banging a crankbait off of something and usually it's a rocky bottom, which causes a lot of abrasion to my line. I have to re-tie pretty often, so there is really no advantage for me to use them.

I'm just the opposite but I crank with braid. I can tie a palomar knot around a clip much easier and faster that I can tie it around a big bait like a 6xd with the trebles in the way. I don't use swivels just clips. Also if a fish can see a clip on the front of a rattletrap burned with a 7:1 reel, it has some killer eyesight

[Drew1233]

I fish them only when I know I will be changing a lot and I only have one rod with me. Never during anyhting competitive or when I have several rigs on different rods

[kc]

I don't use swivels but I use duo-snaps for quick change-outs. I have had several people share their opinion through the years on using these snaps saying generally that I will lose big fish but I have been doing this for 20+ years and have never lost a fish due to a snap failure. The advantage it gives me is as you work an area of lake some banks are a little deeper, some a little shallower. As you move into different water you can quickly switch to a shallower or deeper running lure not to mention switching styles and colors to tune into what they want. When I am in crank mode it is not unusual for me to have 12 to 15 lures laying on the deck next to me ready to switch out.

One caution on suspending jerk baits - many are specifically weighted and if you add too heavy of a snap or swivel it will affect the suspend causing them to nose down. I use mostly pointers and the smallest duos work well on anything from the 65 size up but I also use some micro suspending jerks like the pointer 48dds and the snaps are too much weight so those get directly tied...


kc