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Date:
Apr 27, 2009
Subject:
Red Hook Theories?
Message:
Not the beer, although that would make more sense to me...
Yesterday I was out for smallies on the hous, fishing small tubes and worms with black EWG Gamakatsu hooks. No dice, no bites, no love, no nothing.
On a whim I switched to RED EWG Gamakatsu hooks, exact same everything else, same size, everything, same plastic bait (didn't even put a new one on). The smallies started nailing it. None were huge, but it was better than a skunk day.
Any ideas on why? I always kinda thought the red was a gimmick, but I'm pretty dang sold now...
Author:
slimecoat
Date:
Apr 27, 2009
Message:
To a bass, the red hooks are supposed to signify blood from an injured prey, or a gill plate to use as an attack point. I am not totally sold on them, I have caught plenty of fish on baits with and without them. I know they work well as a belly hook on a 2 or 3 trebbled topwater bait. Sometimes I will use a red drop shot hook, and start catching them good, when I wasn't without them. The fish will usually tell you what they want.
Author:
heavyweight80
Date:
Apr 27, 2009
Message:
I've noticed the red hooks seem to disappear a lot better in the water than the black. I usually use red hooks trout fishing seem to work better
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