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someone earlier posted a topic about whats the best hook to use for striper fishing. i cant find the thread but ill make this one up....been testing here the last few weeks 3 different style hooks and there aint no 2nd place....hands down the Gamakatsu Octopus hooks 3/0 have done better than the other types combined. keep in mind im using shiners and not shad. with shad id say downsize to a 2/0 or maby a 1/0.
my .02
Those are the hooks that I use when I'm striper fishing too, but I just change hook size according to bait size. When the fish want little 3" shad in the dead of winter, I use #2 or #1 hooks and I use up to a 2/0 hook. If I'm pulling big gizzard shad, then I use a treble sometimes. I also when pulling real frisky baits like big herring and threadfin, will go in the nouth and out the top of the nostrils to cut down on the hooks turning back when you do a horizontal nose hook. From what I've seen Gamakatsus are the lightest wire that is still strong which is important for good hookups. And that is my .02!
ive been using 2/0 gamagatsu octopusses for about a year now and been having good sucess with em..
Are these circle hooks?
no. a octopus hook isnt a circle hook, however there is a octopus circle, but what im using arent circles, just octopus.
eagle claw also makes an octopus of which i tried and dint like. i tried a box and the snell was bent too far down the shank and when id tighten the snell up, the line would be cut on the end of the hook where the line eye was crimped around. it might have been a defective box that got by quality control.
i use a 2 staneless steel hooks in the day it puts off a shine plus the bait a plus
have you guys tried the gamakatsu shiner hooks these hooks almost always hook the fish in the corner of the mouth like a circle hook, but you can still set the hook like with a j-hook(octopuss)
dont the shiner hooks look like a khale?Quote:
Originally Posted by STRIPER7
yes they look exactly like a kahle , but the gamakatsu's are really sharp, but they are also pretty expensive. however you will hardly ever have a gut hooked fishQuote:
Originally Posted by rango
Charlie Fox has them in 25 packs for $9.50. Works out to about 25 cents apiece. Thats where I get all my hooks cause I cant find those big packs anywhere else. He has the 8/0, 6/0 etc. octopus circles for the same price.
were is charlie's place ? is that price for the shiner hooks ?
charlie fox is the owner of catawba marine and tackle,it is located on india hook road on rock hill,between celanes rd and ebenezer rd
i like the Gam. 6/0 octopus circles for drifting for cats. they got a great hook gap in em. thats a good buy. looks like im gonna have to go to charlies :DQuote:
Originally Posted by big "E"