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 Re: Larger hooks or smaller hooks?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/01/12 06:48 PM
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Jeremy S.
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1/0 for drop shots, 3/0 for a few small worms T rigging but mostly 4/0. Flipping and pitching creature baits I usually have a 5/0 Owner Twist lock on. Carolina rigging I pretty much never catch fish on so I'm still using a 4/0 hook I tied on back in May hahahaha.
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Re: Larger hooks or smaller hooks?
[Re: SoCal Tom]
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02/01/12 06:50 PM
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ezbassin
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I just try and match the bait size as much as possible. If I'm throwing a Baby Brush Hog, 5 inch Senko, or C-Rigging a ring fry, or similar bait, I throw a 3/0. It fits the bait better and does not affect the action as much. Full size Brush Hogs, bigger Senkos, 10" worms get a 4-5/0. 4 inch Senkos or finesse worms get a 2/0. This is what I do also most of the time. For a drop shot I use a 1/0 Owner rigging hook. I like Gamakatsu round bend hooks 3/0 to 5/0 and Owner J hooks in 1/0 to 5/0. Owner size 1 to 3/0 rigging hooks. I also use larger wide gap hooks or specialty hooks larger than 5/0 both weighted and non weighted for the large super flukes and swim baits 6/0 up to 11/0, like the Owner Beast.
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Re: Larger hooks or smaller hooks?
[Re: ezbassin]
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02/01/12 07:12 PM
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Matt1212
Pro Angler
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Diameter(thickness)and how it fits the bait is biggest thing for me. Thin wire w/ a lot of line out, thick wire for flipping. Looking for a good hook-up and strength on a short-line hook set
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Re: Larger hooks or smaller hooks?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/01/12 07:23 PM
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Jake B.
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All my jigs are custom made by Real Deal Custom Tackle. I do not have a jig made with a hook smaller than a 5/0 Owner Deep Throat wide gap hook.
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Re: Larger hooks or smaller hooks?
[Re: Mark Perry]
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02/01/12 08:51 PM
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Tak Omori gravitates towards using smaller hooks. Where others will use a 3/0 or 4/0, he'll use a 2/0, but then again, I imagine that'd also have a lot to do with the thickness of the bait.
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