For years I used interlocking snap clips on all my baits - it made changing them easier. But a couple of experiences with them changed me. I throw a spinnerbait, buzzbait and spoon on heavy line - 15 to 17 pound test. Many years ago at Lake Sinclair I threw a spinnerbait under an overhanging limb and it got hung up - not unusual for me!
I was able to shake the spinnerbait loose and worked it back. As always after getting hung, I checked my line - and the clip was open! Somehow it had opened from my trying to get the bait back. I am real glad nothing hit on that cast.
Years later I was fishing a Timber King spoon at Lake Eufaula, working it through the grass beds. I hooked a big bass - about six pounds, and fought it hard pulling it from the grass. When I got it to the boat I was too excited and kinda drug it over the side of the boat. When I went to unhook the fish, the clip was open! It is a miracle I did not lose that fish.
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