chasing flatheads

**gbaddour1** · 09-22-2008, 10:22 AM

thanks slab that helps alot

**T_om** · 09-22-2008, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by slab_slayin_fool

yeah but with a circle hook for flatheads it gets a little pricey because snagin up a big fat owner cicrcle hook cost over 5 dollars each

You need to find a cheaper source for hooks. :rolleyes:

Gamakatsu 8/0 circle hooks come in a six-pack for a little over 4 bucks... at West Marine, not exactly a 'discount' store.

And they are good enough for large offshore grouper, which we also fish.

Tom

**slab_slayin_fool** · 10-07-2008, 08:43 PM

wow an 8/o for grouper must be smaller ones because i was just watching a video on you tube with ben chancey a heck of a grouper fisherman and he was talking about using them alot bigger but their average fish they were landing and releasing was 300# plus and yeah thats not a bad price for gamakatsu but i was talking about owner brand anyhow i know i like burrying the hook in those cats when they run for a bit i guess thats why i lean towards the hooks i use anyhow i guess each to their own thats why they make so many styles of everything

so anyone who wants to see some great offshore salt fishing at its best go over to you tube and check out captain ben chancey on you tube those vids will get anyones blood pumping in a hurry and have you itching just that much more for your next fishing trip

**T_om** · 10-07-2008, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by slab_slayin_fool

wow an 8/o for grouper must be smaller ones because i was just watching a video on you tube with ben chancey a heck of a grouper fisherman and he was talking about using them alot bigger but their average fish they were landing and releasing was 300# ...

I don't fish for Goliath Grouper (used to be called Jewfish), the only grouper that weigh in at 300 pounds. (Record is over 600) I don't use 8/0's when shark fishing either.

Where are you fishing for grouper? Offshore Jacksonville and St. Augustine where we fish normally produce grouper (gags, blacks further south, and scamps)... and lots of red snapper. 40 pound+ Amberjacks and black drum to 50 pounds too. None of which requires more than an 8/0. The Florida record gag is 71 pounds.

Tom

**slab_slayin_fool** · 10-09-2008, 12:12 AM

we have a house in Jacksonville as well we usually spend a month in ever year and themn3 months every other its not a time share except by family i do my off shore when there and still learning a lot about it i just assumed you were Goliath fishing when you said grouper i guess thats what i get when assuming lmao

any how i live in w.v and mostly fish for flatheads on the ohio river but when im not doing that im usually crappie or musky fishing 12 pole creek that tributes the ohio and also fish musky and crappie on beach for lake plum orchard and east lynn lake and sometime venture burnsville lake for the 3 also but this year i only made 5 trips there where i usually do twice as many as that in the summer gas prices really hurt my traveling this year anyhow hope this was of some kind of help and answered your question

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