Regular or Sickle Hooks?

[Redman]

I swiched over to sickels about 3 or 4 years ago. I still like to pour with the round bend Abredeen hooks for some of my Bream jigs. I agree some of the Matzo's are inconsistant but sharp as heck. I find that I loss less fish with the sickles also. I feel like Fatman will use anything that is sharp and good. Better than tying a pattern on a sharp stick.

Redman

[Baxter1]

I use both.I would like to get some more size 8 and 10 sickles.

[Redman]

Baxter I still like a #10 Aberdeen better than the sickle in that size on blue gill bream jigs. In a size 8 they are great and when the panfish are aggressive they will suck one down like it was nothing. Am surprised at the size of jigs those bluegills will attack at times.

Redman

[Luvfatslabs]

Sickle hooks get my vote

[justinp61]

I use Sickle hooks on everything, but still have plenty of gold Mustads I need to use.

[Redman]

justinp61 those mustads are just taking up space get rid of them and send them my way to get that junk out of your way. And I even do it for free. What a deal free.

Redman

[skeetbum]

I can't add too much to what's already been said by folks much busier than I. I tried them in a 100 batch at first and found them better in most every way. So much so that my first big hook order ever was for 7000 sickle's in different sizes. The better price on 1000 count was a contributor to the size of the order, and I had ideas of pouring for some extra bucks. That didn't work for my available time. I have some smaller ones, under size 6 that I will probably trade out some day as I don't use them much but have had to re-order 4's and 2's. I have some aberdeens that I have gotten for a song, and pour a few now and then but not very many. I have landed Crappie over 2lbs on a #6, and I doubt that fish would have been landed on an aberdeen, it was buried in the roof of the mouth. Been sold ever since.

[Redman]

Well said Skeetbum. I find that the majority of the crappies that I catch are in the roof of the mouth. The #6 sickles are my go to size. Do to the size of the baitfish size in the lake. But a lot of the minnow fisherman are still using a 1/0 gold bait hook. I think that the sickles in the smaller sizes are inhaled and that is why we catch and lose less fish . Where the bait fisherman with there larger hooks will catch them on the sides of the mouth and lose more fish because of there paper mouths. I will say in the fall of the year I will use the #2 sickles on the 1/4 oz. pony heads but at that time the crappie are attacking the larger schools of bigger shad. Bindging for the winter ahead.

Redman

[redear]

I like sickles and also the new 2x lite wire aberdeen jighook being put out by mustad, I'm thinking the model number on that hook is 32889 also called crappie lites. I usually favor the sickles but the sharpness of these mustads and also their extra lite wire makes them a winner too but they only come in 2 and 4, the size 4 being my favorite.

[Kevin22]

I like to combo fish, catch bluegills and crappies at the same time.. so I choose a regular round bend. I have both on hand and when I'm fishing just for crappies I will use a sickle.