Metal Lip Swimmers - Poll

[NIB]

The shield is not the problem.The problem is they never get it down cause the hooks are in the way..Now u have a large fish hooked outside it's mouth with small hooks.It's a catch 22..If u go larger than a 3/0 hook u'll kill the action in most surf conditions.Plus fouling becomes a problem.2/0 has a small gape an 3/0 while better is still small.Them expensive Owner stingers are a strong hook with a smallish shank.They are heavier than the 6x VMC's so u might loose some action also..
Use bigger hooks.Take ur chances with it fouling..Use a bigger plug with bigger hooks..Use the tail treble..U get one of them in the eye socket an ur golden..
I like em large with big hooks.Give me some good white water.

[numbskull]

Often what happens is that as the fish rolls while thrashing about, the lip catches the line and wraps it around the hooks, so you are pulling from the middle of the plug or base of the hook itself, which either unhooks the fish or levers it out. The early beachmasters had a rough lip and they used to cut your shocker instead.