Spoon hooks

[quivira kid]

I've got a few spoons in my bag of tricks, only some of which came with a treble hook AND a single-barb hook. I prefer to use the single-barb hook most of the time, because I use bait and don't like to dig 3 barbs out of a fish to be honest. My question is this... What J-hook would you recommend I buy to put on spoons?

[bfish]

What J-hook would you recommend I buy to put on spoons?

I would go with Siwash style hook rather than J-hook (Aberdeen).

[CTom]

That Siwash hook will be pretty large in the throat for panfish and is better suited for walleye and trout.

Some of the jigging spoons are designed or crafted to act a certain way with the treble and by swapping out a single hook the action gets lost. Just a thought here.

Instead of changing the hook entirely, I often just nip off two of the treble's three hooks. The hooks that come on most jigging spoons are brittle to begin with or bend so easy that they end up twisted out of shape, so changing them is probably a good idea anyway.

[quivira kid]

Thanks guys. I have found the siwash style hooks down to size 8, which would be fine for crappies. I dug through my fly hooks and found some hooks I'm gonna try. (Mustad C67S, size 8)
CTom, I had considered the change of action. Might have to try just snipping two of the barbs off.

[tacklebox2tn]

I changed all of the trebles to single hooks on my spoons. 6, 8, 10 depending on the spoon size. # 10 works good for gills.
These hooks have large eyes to fit over the split rings. The bronze got down to #10 (3366A) and the gold (3366G), red (3366R) go smaller.
"large ring" is the key with the smaller hooks

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[CTom]

CTom, I had considered the change of action. Might have to try just snipping two of the barbs off.

I generally consider the weight of the lure itself when I begin to think about a change in its action. If the lure body weighs more than the treble, a change probably will not matter. If the weight of the factory treble is equal to or less than the weight of the lure without a hook, I snip the extra two hooks. Even cutting the two barbs off can mess with the jigs action.

I wouldn't set out on a mission changing every hook on a certain bait in the box until only one has been thoroughly trialed. Sometimes a single hook can make a jigging spoon spin when jigged hard, especially with plastics, and that spinning means twisted line and the jig will be hummin away down there when you are not moving the line at all....not a good thing.

[quivira kid]

The spoons in question at the moment are Custom Jigs and Spins "Slender Spoons", 1/16 oz. They fall horizontally, so twist is supposed to happen. It's pretty aggressive as far as presentation goes. The white bass loved it last weekend!

[PBUG2009]

white bass also love the green stripe, and blue stripe kastmasters spoon

[IMADREAMER]

another option - leave the treble hooks alone and just take the pliers and flatten the barbs....
if the fish gets off, well, he'll be there to fight another day...
just my thoughts...

[sizematters]

I changed all of the trebles to single hooks on my spoons. 6, 8, 10 depending on the spoon size. # 10 works good for gills.
These hooks have large eyes to fit over the split rings. The bronze got down to #10 (3366A) and the gold (3366G), red (3366R) go smaller.
"large ring" is the key with the smaller hooks

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good info. I go up a size with the single hook, often get better action over the treble particularly when tipping with plastics. Certainly easier to release what I don't keep.