Circle Hook
May 12, 2020 06:45:41 #
May 12, 2020 07:53:06 #
May 12, 2020 09:37:00 #
jfbanzai
Loc: Menomonie, Wisconsin
You can use a barbless hook on anything, but I'm wondering how well it would hold the worm. Are you hooking through the worm or using a rubber ring to hold the hook on?
May 12, 2020 10:28:44 #
msmllm
Loc: Huntington, WV
jfbanzai wrote:
You can use a barbless hook on anything, but I'm wondering how well it would hold the worm. Are you hooking through the worm or using a rubber ring to hold the hook on?
I would be hooking through the worm
May 12, 2020 10:32:10 #
jfbanzai
Loc: Menomonie, Wisconsin
You can try it, but the worm may fall off with no barb. The rubber ring might hold it better, if that is the case.
May 12, 2020 12:21:25 #
jfbanzai wrote:
You can try it, but the worm may fall off with no barb. The rubber ring might hold it better, if that is the case.
You could also add a second o ring to help if the first doesn’t hold it. If you want to have the hook at 90* to the worm, cross the rings and put the hook through the “x”
May 12, 2020 18:09:01 #
msmllm
Loc: Huntington, WV
OJdidit wrote:
You could also add a second o ring to help if the first doesn’t hold it. If you want to have the hook at 90* to the worm, cross the rings and put the hook through the “x”
Well I've tried wacky worm fishing and have never caught anything yet. Maybe I'm not watching my line close enough. It is a sort of sensitive bite?
May 12, 2020 19:36:39 #
msmllm wrote:
Well I've tried wacky worm fishing and have never caught anything yet. Maybe I'm not watching my line close enough. It is a sort of sensitive bite?
Have you tried drop-shotting with the wacky technique, too? Sometimes they just stare at it, or watch it fall past them. You could slip a nail into one end for a little extra action.
May 13, 2020 09:53:13 #
msmllm
Loc: Huntington, WV
OJdidit wrote:
Have you tried drop-shotting with the wacky technique, too? Sometimes they just stare at it, or watch it fall past them. You could slip a nail into one end for a little extra action.
Very seldom I put a weight on it, as the worm is sort of heavy. May try the drop-shotting next time. Thanks
May 13, 2020 12:40:12 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
To keep a worm, plastic or real, or even liver, shrimp and crawdads....BAIT BUTTONS. Check out this gadget. A little tiny (2 sizes available) rubber washer w/a tiny hole. Comes in a dispenser you shake, to put button in slot, then push hook tip through. Refills of buttons available. Certainly would work for you, since the small size grips the hook so tightly, barbless won't matter, have used them on hooks as small as #10. We use them for an added security on egg clusters, even when you have a snelled egg loop hook. At first I was a bit skeptical about what to do with it on your hook after you lose your bait, when a friend tells me that he puts one ON EITHER SIDE of his bait (worm) to position it on hook. So now I usually push the first one up, re-bait, and add another. Eventually, you'll need to get a sharp knife and cut them off the hook...no biggie.
The dispenser, loaded (w/ like a hundred)is about $7-9, refills, like $5...BAIT BUTTONS.... great gadget that actually works well.
The dispenser, loaded (w/ like a hundred)is about $7-9, refills, like $5...BAIT BUTTONS.... great gadget that actually works well.
May 13, 2020 18:39:14 #
msmllm
Loc: Huntington, WV
FixorFish wrote:
To keep a worm, plastic or real, or even liver, sh... (show quote)
That's a good idea. Never heard of it before. That's why I joined this forum was to get all these different ideas.
I'll probably order those later on tonight. Thank you
May 14, 2020 10:49:49 #
FixorFish
Loc: SW Oregon
I googled Bait Buttons and found quite the price variance. $7-9 ought to be good, some were gouging at $14-17 !....do shop before you order.
For the majority of use, the regular (small) size is best. If you are using a hook bigger than 2/0 or 3/0 you might want to consider the "Big Game" size, depending on what your bait is.
These are excellent for keeping grubs and lizards and other plastics in place on the hook, as well.
For the majority of use, the regular (small) size is best. If you are using a hook bigger than 2/0 or 3/0 you might want to consider the "Big Game" size, depending on what your bait is.
These are excellent for keeping grubs and lizards and other plastics in place on the hook, as well.
May 14, 2020 17:16:26 #
May 17, 2020 19:21:15 #
Once again.. Where can one get "circle hooks' I have been to three bait/tackle shops here in Wisconsin and every time I ask about circle hooks they look at me like I'm from another planet.
May 17, 2020 20:04:37 #
MasterCon wrote:
Once again.. Where can one get "circle hooks' I have been to three bait/tackle shops here in Wisconsin and every time I ask about circle hooks they look at me like I'm from another planet.
Look for Octopus hooks by Gamakatsu. Available at Farm & Fleet, Cabela’s, Gander Outdoors and Scheels.
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