Skip gap hooks

wargoth · 02-19-08, 10:33 AM

Just saw these in the stores up near me, and wondering who has had experience with em, and what the advantages/disadvantages may be.

zooker · 02-19-08, 07:42 PM

i used them skipping baits under docks they work well for it.. bit longer than a ewg hook of the same size. baits don't slid down as much when skipped. i really like them for bushhogs or similar baits.. only bad thing i have found is i have broken them trying to break off with braid.. though i REALLY dout a bass would put that kind of pressure on the hook..

zooker

wargoth · 02-19-08, 07:54 PM

Cool, thanks Zook. They have me intrigued for some of the crap I fish that just likes to cause bait slid...

lunker-lander · 02-19-08, 09:42 PM

Absolutely love the concept....

From the looks of it though, when you rig it the "skip gap" has to go through the worm. Doesn't this tear it up? Zook, what do you say about this?

-Lunk-

bassinbob · 02-20-08, 01:14 AM

I like to use them for toads. Hoods them on pretty good. I did not have the same problem as Zook in the pads or slop.

links_man2 · 02-21-08, 10:49 AM

Been using them for about a year on all my soft plastics. I like the way they hold the bait better than the regular offset hooks. I don't skip a bait much since my lake doesn't require it, but I still like these hooks.

Lunker as far as damaging the worm I don't think it is any more and maybe a little less than the regular offsets since the bend isn't as drastic.

02-19-08, 10:33 AM	#1
wargoth BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Thompson, Ohio Posts: 223	Skip gap hooks Just saw these in the stores up near me, and wondering who has had experience with em, and what the advantages/disadvantages may be. __________________ -Wargoth

02-19-08, 07:42 PM	#2
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	i used them skipping baits under docks they work well for it.. bit longer than a ewg hook of the same size. baits don't slid down as much when skipped. i really like them for bushhogs or similar baits.. only bad thing i have found is i have broken them trying to break off with braid.. though i REALLY dout a bass would put that kind of pressure on the hook.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

02-19-08, 07:54 PM	#3
wargoth BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Thompson, Ohio Posts: 223	Cool, thanks Zook. They have me intrigued for some of the crap I fish that just likes to cause bait slid... __________________ -Wargoth

02-19-08, 09:42 PM	#4
lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	Absolutely love the concept.... From the looks of it though, when you rig it the "skip gap" has to go through the worm. Doesn't this tear it up? Zook, what do you say about this? -Lunk- __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

02-20-08, 01:14 AM	#5
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	I like to use them for toads. Hoods them on pretty good. I did not have the same problem as Zook in the pads or slop. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

02-21-08, 10:49 AM	#6
links_man2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 134	Been using them for about a year on all my soft plastics. I like the way they hold the bait better than the regular offset hooks. I don't skip a bait much since my lake doesn't require it, but I still like these hooks. Lunker as far as damaging the worm I don't think it is any more and maybe a little less than the regular offsets since the bend isn't as drastic. __________________ aka: Just_Old_Fisherman

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