Snap Baits For Crabbing - Ultimate Time Saver or Waste Of Money?? / Quickest Way to Catch A Bushel

Find out if Snap Baits for crabbing live up to their claims and are worth your hard earned money. I'll take you through my experiences, links below to skip to various parts.
What is SnapBait? - 0:47
Why I Tried SnapBaits - 4:49
Ordering SnapBaits - 5:36
Installing SnapBaits - 6:40
First Trip Using SnapBaits and Major Issues - 11:14
Other Considerations when using SnapBaits - 15:55
Overall Thoughts on SnapBaits - 18:13
*********** Summary **************
If you look at baiting a traditional crabbing trotline in 3 steps (1 - remove/attach bait bag, 2 - empty/fill bait bag, 3 - store/retrieve line for next bag) then Snap Baits do save time.
Step 1 is eliminated by using Snap baits.
Step 2 is not greatly affected. When the Snap Baits work as designed there is a "slight" time save. But when they don't work you lose some time. It's about a wash.
Step 3 is not affected at all. Storing and retrieving line is the same with Snap Baits vs a traditional setup.
In my view there is about a 33% time savings using Snap Bait as long as they hold up. Your time savings is based on the your own efficiency and the way you bait your lines.
While I experienced a major problem with the clips I received, Snap bait stood by their product and made the situation right very quickly. With that I cannot recommend anyone buying the cheaper Snap Bait options (spring steel or nickel plated) unless they have made changes in the manufacturing process. Stainless steel is the only real option and its expensive.
Overall Snap Baits are a very costly proposition for most folks. For that investment to be worth-while they need to last for several seasons at a minimum. The jury is still out for me personally but I will have a better idea at the end of the 2020 season.

[@user-ft1yh1in8i]

This video made me curious about the product, so I bought a bunch and had a great experience. Mine were stainless steel, not nickel plated. I have to say, the speed at which we were able to rebait allowed us to go home with the biggest and earliest bounty yet. I find the time savings to be the return on investment. I think this is a genius product, and a simple innovation sorely needed. Thanks for the awareness, man!

[@gonzalomanriquez4956]

Love the videos. Not biased and full of good info for beginners like myself

[@SaltyReflections]

Great review! Very thorough! 👍

[@leesuper73]

You have so much potential but you do babble a lot. I suggest you stay on point and save the long background stories