wasilvers
Well-known member
Warning - DO NOT use this type of snap swivel if you want to land big fish!
Yesterday I took a new friend fishing in my boat. I was hooking up, but he wasn't, so I gave him one of my favorite spinnerbaits (white fringed with red - beautiful look - killer on bass). I told him 'tie it right on', he said he used these (see picture above) so he didn't need to waste time tying knots. I shrugged thinking that I barely knew him, maybe he'd landed big pike/bass with that before.
It was rainy, 25-30mph solid wind, 50mph gusts, cloudy, sunny, sometimes most at the same time. We fished real tight to shore and structure. In a few minutes he hooked into the BIGGEST bass I have ever seen in WI waters. If you told me it weighed 6.5, I wouldn't flinch - it was one big beast. I swear I could fit two fists into it's mouth. Anyway, it didn't fight too much to the boat, but once it saw the net/boat, it took off straight for the bottom of the lake. he tried to horse it up and then.... It pulled his snap swivel right open, and the bass swam off with my spinnerbait I could have cried. I sure hope it spits the spinnerbait and is ok.
We did go back there an hour later and try again, I had an nice hit, but didn't hookup, so maybe it was fine after all. I can only hope.
So moral of the story, don't loose your own big fish to an equipment malfunction.