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I'm starting to think that I should be using a bigger hook. I mostly jig fish and use 1/32 or 1/16 heads and the hooks have historicially been fairly small. I'm thinking I may be missing some fish due to the small hook size because they can spit it out easier.
I've seen some stuff online with the light heads that I like but larger hooks (up to 1/0 for the 1/16 where I usually only have 4 or 6 size).
Thoughts?
I make a RR type that is 1/8 oz and use a 1/0 sickle hook. We all use 1 or 1/0 up here for these monsters we raise!
I use #8 hook on most of all my jigs and dont really seem to have a problem. I even go smaller at times aswell. I just bend the hook out alittle.
A #6 is the biggest I've ever used for crappie. I've never had a problem hooking or holding fish.
1/0 and 2/0
If I am tippin jigs with minners I prefer a #2, and prefer a #2 anytime but feel ok with a #4 if not tipping.
2/0 for me
#2 mostly, occasionally #4.
2/0 ??? You must catch some pretty big crappie :yikes
#4 on jigs #2 on minnow hooks.
I use mainly #2 hooks on 1/8 and 1/16 jigs and #2 minnow hooks (I like the bigger hooks). When I fish 1/32 jigs I am usually trying to slow down my presentation or fish shallower, so I chose smaller hooks for the lighter jigs. Good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrPaulAR
I like a 4 on all my jigs.
I use mostly 6 and sometimes 4. Hated # 8 Always thought that they were to small Thought that I was losing fish because if it
Last year had to fish #8 and started to like them. One thing I noticed on smaller hooks is that I tend to hook them in the upper lip more often. If you get a hook set there you almost can't lose a fish.
Eagle Claw 570 bronze....# 6 on everything......Poured some heads with sickle hooks and gave them away, was loosing too many fish at the boat.
#2 for casting jigs & #4's for tightlining. I agree that opening the hook helps. You might also try sickle hooks because they have a bigger gap which gives you a better bite. Catch a lot of them in the top of the mouth.
1/0 2/0 and 3/0 on Grenada
#2,#1 or 1/0 is what I like to use
I use #4  Sickle hooks 1/32 1/16 heads
Fishing minnows the majority of the time, I started using #2 circle hooks about 4 yrs ago and have used very little else since.
1/0-2/0
2/0 for minnows is pretty much all i use
Eagle claw 214el
#2 on 1/32nds and 1/16ths. Plain hooks baiting with minnows...#2's.
Mainly #4 on 1/16 unless i'm using a big bait then i'll go to a #2,3/32 #2,1/8 usually #2 unless i'm in Mississippi then it's #1 or 1/0,1/4 #1 or 1/0.
#2 and #4 according to the jig body size.
I use 1/8 oz leadhead on big tubes with #2 hooks.
I have site member Grousefly make my jigheads ... 1/16oz & 1/32oz ... and most have #2 Aberdeen hooks (some few with #4's). They are ALL weedless jigheads, either with the "brush" style or Y-guard style weedguards. I've caught Crappie up to 2.5lbs, stick most all of them in the roof of the mouth, and haven't lost the first fish from any fault of the jighead or hook. (& I'm using 4lb test mono & lite action rods)Quote:
Originally Posted by MrPaulAR
The only reason I went to a #2 hook, was for using larger bodied plastics ... as I was not having any problems with catching OR losing fish with the smaller #4 hooks.
Grousefly can custom make you pretty much any kind of jighead/hook size that you'd really want. Thumbs Up
NOW > IMHO ... if you know you're getting hits, but think you're missing fish because they're spitting the jig out .... I'm thinkin maybe you ain't setting the hook fast enough or hard enough. Even if you use the monster size hooks that some of these fellers are suggesting :yikes .... and you don't set the hook with the appropriate speed/power .... you haven't gained a thing.
... cp :cool:
Ditto.Quote:
Originally Posted by wba593
#4 sickle on 1/16 bobber fishing. #2 sickle on 1/8 tightlining. Bend them open a little for better hookups.
I use #2 or #1 eagle claw thin gold hooks for my crappie. Ive tried #4 and #6 before but I have a higher hook rate with the larger hooks and when tight lining they always hook themselves in the bony part of the top of their mouths.
While I do apologize for highjacking this thread .... it is within the same subject content. I just question the actual sizes of some of these hooks being suggested/mentioned. I mean REALLY ...1/0 ?? 2/0 ?? 3/0 ?? When I Bass fished, I never used a hook over a 1/0 size ... and that was for 7" worms & 4" craws (& on mono line that was never below 12lb test).
Exactly what size minners or plastics are these hooks being used on !!! There's a big difference in a #1 & #2 hook vs a 1/0 & 2/0 size hook. Are we talking the same style hooks (Aberdeens) or is there a significant size discrepancy in the different styles, such that a 2/0 in a particular style of hook is equal to or similar in size to a #2 Aberdeen ??
... cp :cool:
Pappy, check your pm box.
Matzuo sickles on all jigheads. For a 1/32 oz head I use a #4, 1/16 oz head = #2, 1/8 oz head = #2 or #1, 3/16 or 1/4 oz head = #1.
2/0
#1 , #1/0 for minnows and teasers. And SatDocs sickle jigs. The few round heads I pour for myself 1/6 #1 and 1/8 1/0 all sickle hooks. Same number and size as bass hooks.
I wuz wondering the same thing - if they mean #2 and not 2/0. Some folks use bigger baits - bigger fish. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
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2/0 aberdeen hooks with medium shiners or big blackheads, and I have caught some incredibly small crappie on them. Crappie have big mouths, and I think you hook a lot more of them on the bigger hook. I fished with a guide once who used #6 hooks, and we missed a lot more fish than I think we would have with the bigger hooks.
I would imagine that it all depends on the water you fish and to some degree if you are catching White crappie VS Black Crappie. And some of you guys must be on better water with larger than normal average size fish.
I fish some very small jigs when the bite requires it with down to a size #10 hook. I frequently use a 1/32 oz with a bronze #8.
I prefer Tru Turn panfish hooks in bronze for minnows and use #4's for open water and #6's for heavy cover.
I did have some 1/32 and 1/16 oz heads made with BN sickle hooks. I used a #6 in the 1/32 and a #4 in the 1//16.
I do not like the gold hooks and basically won't fish with them using live bait or jigs..
I fish pretty clear water with mostly black crappie.
I like the #2 and #4 sickle hooks my self
Josh