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 Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
#5902744
03/01/11 03:16 AM
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NTXraider45
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Im having a hard time finding a hook bigger than a 5/0 which seems too small for the new magnum flukes. Just wondering if it is big enough or if I need to go bigger, and if so where can a find say 8/0 or 10/0 hook?
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: NTXraider45]
#5902761
03/01/11 03:20 AM
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mrbassin
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Owner 7/0 @ Bass Pro Shop
Keep Settin the Hook & Hang on Tight.
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: mrbassin]
#5902804
03/01/11 03:26 AM
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meP2too
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: meP2too]
#5903043
03/01/11 04:15 AM
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bugsbunny
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Barlows carries a 7/8 hooks
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: bugsbunny]
#5903298
03/01/11 05:56 AM
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TX-HENDO
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: TX-HENDO]
#5903491
03/01/11 12:38 PM
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Limits4all
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The 5/0 EWG Gamagatsu is what I use and had many guides that used the same hook. 3/0 and 4/0 for the 5' Super Flukes. If you want bigger hooks the Gamagatsu EWG also comes in 6/0 and 7/0 but will rarely see them in a store and have to get them online.
Last edited by Limits4all; 03/01/11 12:38 PM.
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: Limits4all]
#5903851
03/01/11 02:30 PM
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WaterLogged
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The 5/0 EWG Gamagatsu is what I use and had many guides that used the same hook. 3/0 and 4/0 for the 5' Super Flukes. If you want bigger hooks the Gamagatsu EWG also comes in 6/0 and 7/0 but will rarely see them in a store and have to get them online. I bought 6/0 at Wal-Mart, That seems like a good fit for the Magnums
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: WaterLogged]
#5903860
03/01/11 02:35 PM
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txwhitetail
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5/0 EWG is just the right size.
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: JDWchampion]
#5904013
03/01/11 03:20 PM
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361V
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5/0 EWG has been working well for me. If its a little deeper or windy try a weighted hook but for swimming slowly through the grass a 5/0 works really well for the magnum flukes. People have a tendency to go way to big on their hooks(IMO). Partner fishing beside me at Falcon a couple weeks ago was doing good with a small worm weight on his magnum fluke and pitching them into the bushes.
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
[Re: 361V]
#5904027
03/01/11 03:24 PM
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txwhitetail
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I fish A LOT of flukes and have never had a problem with a 5/0.
I HAVE had problems with the bigger hooks stabbing fish further back in the mouth and not up behind the lip.
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Re: Best hook for Magnum Fluke?
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#5905715
03/01/11 10:49 PM
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GizmosMom
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I use a Gamagatsu 5/0 Monster hook on my magnum flukes
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