Originally Posted by
finchaser
Monty no disrespect but most of my friends always fish crushed barbs on plugs including me and never have a problem provided you keep a tight line and avoid high stick pumping. Then again we don't fish teaser unless the sand eels are around. Allot of so called missed fish are teaser hits that don't connect especially fished off a dropper more than 6" to 8" long, plus teasers are notorious for attracting shad. Just some food for thought as crushed treble barbs keep the stress factor down on release time