Thread: Red hook only

I do like a little red on a lure. I use jig heads with red sickle hooks. Apparently a little red fash was what it took to get a strike

Yup,

Originally Posted by Shoalwater Cat

Last night I went out on my pier to get some rods to respool. While there, I decided to cast a few of them to check the line and how far they cast. Picked up my 5th rod with only a cork, weight, and red hook. About 1/2 way back reeling at a decent pace,,you guessed it...About an 8" black hit it. No bait just bare hook. Earlier in the evening, I threw everything in the tackle box to no avail.

Yep...I had a bare Bass worm hook dangling in the water off a dock while I was trying to untangle my line when a big Bass hit it, and that was the only Bass I caught.

I have managed a bunch a big bream before on gold wire bare hooks in a farm pond , never a crappie though .
I have managed to ketch crappie on a bare jig with just a nibble though

Proves that sometimes they want it moving is what gets the bite VS color, size etc.


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I use red hooks most of the time, even walleyes

I have never had a fish hit a bare hook but I have had crappie hit the small slip floats I use.

Growing up, I remember dad taking us to a place trout fishing and them hitting a bare gold hook. Looking back it always was a sonny day too...