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Making your own "snap tackle" to mount your dead baits Here is also a quick demonstration of how to fix the top hook in place if you want to make your own traces for pike dead baiting (refer to Johns video earlier in this article for using crimp attachments and use that method to secure your terminal hook and top swivel): For float fished baits, it is often a good idea to hook your bait with the top hook through the back, somewhere around the base of the dorsal fin with the trailing treble somewhere in the flank, near to the pectoral fin

As much as I love throwing a jig, in my opinion the undisputed champion for cold water is the jerkbait

Each type may add stingers, or extra hooks, to increase hook-setting efficiency