Hook Size For Soft Plastics
I know this was asked before but I would like to revisit it again. I beleive
that different hook sizes alter the action of soft plastics. I know for me that when wacky rigging, I use nothing but 1/0-2/0 octopus hooks. I see and have fished with people that use wide gap hooks when wacky rigging and I have tried and seen a noticable difference in the way the bait falls when using bigger hooks than I do. When rigging Flukes I also have a preference, when just slightly jerking them and letting them die, I use a 4/0 EWG hook, when burning them across the surface, I opt for a Off set hook a little bit longer like the Lunker city offsets in black 5/0, Reason being for me is that most fish chasing down the lure have a tendency to just grab the end of the fluke and try and turn with it, sometimes they get the whole thing but I believe seeing that the hook is almost always through the edge of the top lip, these fish are grabbing short, the longer shank IMO is responsible for me landing more fish when fishing this way. Point being is everyone has there own preference and opinions and I would like to hear them. So I am listing a few soft plastics and want to know which hooks and why, and do you use different hooks if fishing the lure differently. Add anything else that might be beneficial to this thread. I will list a few so most people can post a response to something here. Thanks in advance Stickbaits( senkos. wackos etc) Texas rigged and Wacky Rigged Flukes/Bass Assassins- 6 to 7 inch worms- Bungee, Power worms, speed worms etc. Do you use differnt hooks with weighted VS unwweighted? Craws 4 to 5 inch- Brush Hogs? Baby Brush Hogs? Fin S fish 5 3/4? 7? Zoom trick worms- Slider worms Tubes 4-5 inch, anyone using 3 inch tubes? |
Hook Size For Soft Plastics
I have taken to using wide gap and extra wide gap for most soft plastics.
It makes a huge difference in hook ups. I also exclusively go to skin hooking so that the bite will often break the point loose even before the hook set. Obviously wacky rigging is differnet. -- Public Fishing & Boating Forums Fishing & Boating Link Index www.YumaBassMan.com "alwaysfishking" wrote in message ... I know this was asked before but I would like to revisit it again. I beleive that different hook sizes alter the action of soft plastics. I know for me that when wacky rigging, I use nothing but 1/0-2/0 octopus hooks. I see and have fished with people that use wide gap hooks when wacky rigging and I have tried and seen a noticable difference in the way the bait falls when using bigger hooks than I do. When rigging Flukes I also have a preference, when just slightly jerking them and letting them die, I use a 4/0 EWG hook, when burning them across the surface, I opt for a Off set hook a little bit longer like the Lunker city offsets in black 5/0, Reason being for me is that most fish chasing down the lure have a tendency to just grab the end of the fluke and try and turn with it, sometimes they get the whole thing but I believe seeing that the hook is almost always through the edge of the top lip, these fish are grabbing short, the longer shank IMO is responsible for me landing more fish when fishing this way. Point being is everyone has there own preference and opinions and I would like to hear them. So I am listing a few soft plastics and want to know which hooks and why, and do you use different hooks if fishing the lure differently. Add anything else that might be beneficial to this thread. I will list a few so most people can post a response to something here. Thanks in advance Stickbaits( senkos. wackos etc) Texas rigged and Wacky Rigged Flukes/Bass Assassins- 6 to 7 inch worms- Bungee, Power worms, speed worms etc. Do you use differnt hooks with weighted VS unwweighted? Craws 4 to 5 inch- Brush Hogs? Baby Brush Hogs? Fin S fish 5 3/4? 7? Zoom trick worms- Slider worms Tubes 4-5 inch, anyone using 3 inch tubes? |
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