|
12-11-08, 08:28 PM | #1 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 25
|
straight worm hooks?
does anyone use straight worm hooks here for soft plastics? is there any advantages to them?
|
12-12-08, 01:37 AM | #2 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 2,928
|
For me it is probably a matter of taste and being confident in the gear, but I only throw straight shanks in my worms. When rigged correctly, the tip of the hook points upward. This has minimized my skin hooked fish and having the hook thrown.
I still use EWG on Flukes.
__________________
If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes. |
12-12-08, 02:45 AM | #3 |
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Webb City, MO
Posts: 6,387
|
i personally only use EWG hooks, but i know a lot of guys who swear by using straight shanked hooks when flipping and pitching.
__________________
You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough. |
12-12-08, 09:43 AM | #4 |
BassFishin.Com Active Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Elliston, VA
Posts: 446
|
Im the same way I only use EWG hooks for all my softplastics. the only thing I change is color and size of the hook.
__________________
H.G.: No. What I did to those men, after I tracked them down? That's the worst pain you can experience. |
12-12-08, 10:10 AM | #5 |
BassFishin.Com Premier Elite
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 8,655
|
I use straight hooks for small profile plastics, like a red shad 4 inch worm
|
12-12-08, 10:11 AM | #6 |
BassFishin.Com Veteran Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Suffolk County, NY
Posts: 542
|
I tried straight shank hooks a few years ago, and really never developed any confidence in them. It just seemed to me that using a EWG hook makes for more exposed hook once the the Bass has the hook in it's mouth, and a surer hookset.
__________________
Joel 1st you have to find 'em |
12-12-08, 12:52 PM | #7 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,030
|
I still have a few straight hooks for plastics, thatīs what I used for years until the bend hooks appeared, bend hooks whatever style you like are better than straight hooks.
Straight hooks are only good for a few casts or the first fish, after that the bait continously slides down from the hook if you donīt peg the bait to the hook eye. |
12-12-08, 06:52 PM | #8 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Avoca, NY
Posts: 3,508
|
I still use straight shank hooks for worms except for the 10" worms. I personally think I hook more fish when using the straight hook vs. a offset hook. Its probably no so, that is what I beleive though. Ivan
|
12-12-08, 09:45 PM | #9 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Accokeek MD
Posts: 3,315
|
Straight shank hooks are great for lizards in the 6 inch range. I did a study over two spring seasons and the straight shanks had a 50% better hook up.
Capt Mike
__________________
Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com |
12-13-08, 02:10 PM | #10 |
BassFishin.Com Super Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Thomaston CT
Posts: 3,862
|
One of my buddies swears by using the straight shank hooks rather than the ewg for almost all the plastics he fishes , I have yet to try them on anything outside of smaller creature baits .
Jim
__________________
In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten. |
12-14-08, 11:46 PM | #11 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 69
|
How2Tip
How2Tip: Use some 6, 8, 10# test tie a Uni-Knot on the shank and slide your worm over it. Seams to have less damage to the lure than a S-bend hook for me.
|
12-17-08, 06:26 PM | #12 |
BassFishin.Com Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 20
|
I use a 1/0 owner wide gamakatsu or owner on a 4" or 5" fluke or GY GY shad for fresh or salt water. They work great around sandy or gravelled bottoms . I would not work around weedy or areas with too much structure. Other than that, if you have no use, send it my way, I'll take them all :P
|
Disclosure / Disclaimer
Before acting on the content posted, you should know that BassFishin.Com may benefit financially and otherwise from content, advertising, links or otherwise from anything you click on, read, or look at on our website. Click here to read our Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|