Building crawler harnesses

I'm looking to build my own crawler harnesses for the upcoming season. Just curious as to what others use as far as 2 or 3 hook set ups and distance in between hooks. I was thinking about using 2 hooks and spacing them 6" apart. I'd appreciate any input. Thanks!

6" is a bit too far apart - I've been fishing days where the walleyes will only take half a crawler instead of a full one, and your trail hook won't be much good then. I only tie 2-hook leaders, but if you lose the trail hook, you need to put on a new leader. The benefit of a 3-hook leader is you still have 2 hooks to keep fishing if you lose the trailer.

I only use two hook set-ups and space my hooks approx. 3" apart.17lb. flourocarbon approx. 36" long.#4 or #5 blades. I also 95% of the time use a small treble hook on the back verses a single hook. Your hook up percentage goes way up and usually when trolling open water snags are minimal. The only time I go to a single back hook is when trolling over weedbeds or some other high snag areas. Hope this helps.

I always use 3 hooks. Space 2-3 inches apart. Not many missed fish with this rig.

I like # 2 hooks with a #5 spinner for Green Bay, I use fluorocarbon leaders approximate 40 in length, and space 2 hooks 4 inches apart sometimes the fish hit short and you have to clip off the tail of the crawler as for Bago go with a 3 or 4 blade use fluorocarbon leaders it costs more but it's very abrasive and invisible

How long do you typically make the harness? For on the bay?

i use 3 red hooks and spaced them 3-4 inches apart. worked well last year on the bay

I like to use 2 hooks spaced about 4" apart and just use half a crawler at a time. This is practical if you're fishing lakes that have panfish so that you don't waste bait. Even in lakes with few panfish, I just use a half crawler because that does the trick.

3 hooks only

i found that crawlers without tails would not catch fish.

I use at least 12# mono... I don't realy think of harnesses as a stealth presentation so why use fluoro? I also am becoming partial to thin wire hooks since I fish L Wis and can pull those hooks off the wood snags more often than if they were the Gamo octopus hooks and just bend them back to shape. Never had a problem with a fish bending one out.

Pinch the tail off. You were probably getting bit by smaller sheepies or white bass.

I made a couple harnesses last summer to use around Green Bay. I spaced the hooks 4" apart. One day we had huge crawlers that had tails dragging several inches behind the hook. Consequently we had many bites with just the tail missing. I wondered if it would be better to build a longer harness or simply pinch that long tail off.

I done this once and my brother also with about 2 dozen for a trip to N.Ontario. I and he both put them together and then realized we had the spinners on backwards. Was it ever fun stripping them down and starting over.(Laughing)

I have been using 8mm beads.Is anyone using smaller or bigger beads.Does it make a difference with the size of beads.Thanks

made harnessess lasts spring. was really fun. stole some beeds from the kids and some i had. used 10 lb flouro, 2 #6 octo hooks spaced 4 inches apart sneel tied. started using them when the water reached around 60 degrees. very deadly, caught limits of walleye every time out. caught fish on all that i made. used reds, greens, and yellows in the beeds and floats. spinners in gold and silver.