Stand Out Hook

[luvjign]

When I started slow trolling with double hook rigs, I considered this hook. But the more I thought about it, the more I didn't think it would work. Reason why is, if you're slow trolling, odds are you are moving. And if you're moving, you're coming into fish every so often. And unless it's a bad day and you're putting it right in his face real slow, and the fish nips the bait, more times than not, the chance of hook-up is much less than with a leader of at least a couple inches. Otherwise they're gonna come up, or from either side, open that mouth, flare them gills, and get done with business right now. In my opinion, the difference between this hook and a hook on a leader is......I think the chance of a miss is great if the strike is hard because the main line is interfering with taking it in.....mouth open wide, line hits the lips and bounces off, pushing the hook back out before it has a chance to shut, or, reflex is quick enough to open back up when the line touches it's lips. I can see the problem even worse if the fish hits it from the side ......

Otherwise, if a hook/minnow is on a leader several inches long, there's enough slack there to let the fish ingest and hook itself, without the dead giveaway of the vertical line. That's just my therory, but it's what I believe...

[laserdoc]

When I fish the channel ledges over on Weiss I will use a 1/2oz weight on the bottom,come up about 18 inches and tie one of my laser blades (which have #4 sickle hooks on them) then come up another 18 inches and tie another one on with a loop knot. Both will have minnows on them but I feel they are lite enough to let the minnow swim a bit plus the bright color or the silver flash of the blade also helps

[crataegus]

I've used them in Illinois, Kentucky, Ontario, and North Carolina. They definately don't get the bites that the loop knot/#2 gets. I wish they did though...they are so user friendly!

[foul hook]

Looks like you might loose some action on the bait. Think i will stick with the tried and true.

[shipahoy41]

Got the link for that? Looked around and didn't see it.

Here is how I do my own tightline with loop droppers.

[CrappiePappy]

Those hooks are not meant for tightline methods ... so they probably would fall short of expectations vs normal rigging methods. They're primarily meant for the drop-shot technique. In that instance, the line isn't tight ... so, any hit or attempted hit would not be interfered with by a tight line. The method is good for plastics, and would probably work OK with live bait, if the drop-shot technique was used.
I've got a pack of them, but have not seen the instance where they'd be more productive than a jig/minnow presentation, especially since I'm using weedless jigheads :p

... cp

[rango]

ship i like your choice of rods....:D

[blairarnold]

We used to bottom fish in the summer with a weight on the bottom and a hook about 12" above the weight and another about 12" also above the first. We tied the hooks on the line with clinch knots and caught a lot of crappie. That rig wouldn't have any more play than the standout hooks if as much. On the other hand loop knots may very well have worked better, but we didn't know about them at the time.

[Fatman]

I've tried them before and just don't seem to get the same amount of bites, and it seems like you lose a few using the darn things.

Fatman

[Crestliner08]

I've been using these hooks for 1/2 dozen years now, drop shotting for smallmouth bass in a deep, hill-land type reservoir here in MA. They work exceptionally well in this environment, for this species. However, I don't think I'd use them for crappie. As has been said here already, they work best on a semi-slack line, presenting your offering with a lot of motion. Something crappie don't have a great deal of desire for, normally.