Sickle Hooks

I'm thinkin it's more about the bite than anything else.

I use #4 sickle hooks, mostly black nickel when fishing docks and really like them, don't lose very many fish.....However, for tight lining brush, I prefer # 6 round bend regular hooks.....sickles seem to hang up more in cover.....I also resharpen hook points often throughout the day.
As far red hooks , I find they are soft and break easy.

A #2 gold Aberdeen is tough to beat with a shiner.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

A #2 gold Aberdeen is tough to beat with a shiner.

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got that right.....

Fishing vertically, which I mostly do, I prefer a sickle style hook over any other. The lil nasty hooks seem to bend more than the matzuos, but that doesn't matter a bunch for how I fish. #2 & #4 and occasionally #1 in 1/4 oz heads I pour.
If you can feel em, I prefer the sharpness that comes with those two brands.


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I fish sickles mostly. If I get to loosing fish I'll open up the gap a little with a pair of pliers. Usually fixes it.

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Originally Posted by Tracker123

A #2 gold Aberdeen is tough to beat with a shiner.

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For fishing with shiners I use Arkie teasers...tied on red Matzou 1/0 sickle hooks Attachment 245709

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Originally Posted by 20watt

I fish sickles mostly. If I get to loosing fish I'll open up the gap a little with a pair of pliers. Usually fixes it.

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I use 1 and 1/0 sizes....The key is go larger with these not smaller....you want to hook them in the roof of the mouth so they cant get off....smaller sizes just get them in the lip and will pull off lots of times....thats why they call crappie paper mouths.

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Originally Posted by "G"

I use 1 and 1/0 sizes....The key is go larger with these not smaller....you want to hook them in the roof of the mouth so they cant get off....smaller sizes just get them in the lip and will pull off lots of times....thats why they call crappie paper mouths.

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I fish 1's and 2's with plastic. Most of my hand ties are on 4's though. Those are the ones I have to flare out a little. Guess that proves your point.

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I pour my own in 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32 and use red matzuo sickle hooks in a size 8, 6, and 4 and and i bet I lose less than 5 percent of the fish I hang and rarely hook one anywhere but in the roof of the mouth.. The main key to not losing them for me is to make sure they never have any slack.