Modifying an Osprey Swimbait to be Weedless

Here is a quick easy way to make one of the original large soft plastic swimbaits weed less.
Starting off by showing the Standard hook set up on a 6” Osprey Swimbait .

This modification requires a 10/0 Lake Fork Trophy Lures Swimbait hook, some Mend It soft bait glue and a small piece of a drop shot or similar worm.

Step 1

Gently work the lead through line through sinker out of the bait.

Step 2

Cut about a one inch section off the head of a RoboWorm or similar size worm to the old weight.

Step 3

Squeeze some Mend It and glue into the old weight cavity and insert the small piece of worm into the hole.

 At this point you want to glue up the hole in the nose real well so the head of the new Lake Fork Swimbait hook will have good amount of plastic to bite into.

Step 4

The rest is pretty self explanatory, Just push in the head of the hook and pin it through the back of the bait. You can leave the hook a little exposed or bury it into the back of the bait slightly.

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