1st Flathead Trip of The Year

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Originally Posted by Skunkum

Please explain what "OT hooks" and "OT swivels" refers to. I'm not familiar with that designation. Are they heavier gauge? Extra heavy duty? Finish description? Turned eye? Offset point? I don't see hooks listed as O T when I try Google...

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It's the size. The higher the number the bigger the hook.
It will say 1/0 , 2/0, 3/0 etc, on the package.
We've been using 9/0 Gamakatsu octopus hooks on the noodles. Going to go bigger since we broke one to easy when it got hung up.

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Originally Posted by Slabyanker

It's the size. The higher the number the bigger the hook.
It will say 1/0 , 2/0, 3/0 etc, on the package.

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Thanks! Duh... I should have noticed that. I'm used to seeing size written as "9/0" but I SAY it as "nine ought" so I should have been able to figure that one out. Ot, OT, ot = ought!

I thought maybe there was some super duper new double-strength hook I might "ought" to try! So much for my double-nought spy powers! No wonder I couldn't find big game hooks advertised as having an Offshore Temper!

ought. Like double ought buckshot. Just means "zero." Like 0/0 1\0, 2\0, 3\0, etc.

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Originally Posted by Crappie Greg

yall making me want to go catch a few of those myself! best eating cats of em all!

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Not only best eating cat... It's prolly my favorite fish to eat.

What kind of line do you use?