What Size Hook Do you Guys Use

[waterboy1]

Eagle claw 214el

[gabowman]

#2 on 1/32nds and 1/16ths. Plain hooks baiting with minnows...#2's.

[bugman]

Mainly #4 on 1/16 unless i'm using a big bait then i'll go to a #2,3/32 #2,1/8 usually #2 unless i'm in Mississippi then it's #1 or 1/0,1/4 #1 or 1/0.

[ShootnDocks]

#2 and #4 according to the jig body size.

[NIMROD]

I use 1/8 oz leadhead on big tubes with #2 hooks.

[CrappiePappy]

I'm starting to think that I should be using a bigger hook. I mostly jig fish and use 1/32 or 1/16 heads and the hooks have historicially been fairly small. I'm thinking I may be missing some fish due to the small hook size because they can spit it out easier.

I've seen some stuff online with the light heads that I like but larger hooks (up to 1/0 for the 1/16 where I usually only have 4 or 6 size).

Thoughts?

I have site member Grousefly make my jigheads ... 1/16oz & 1/32oz ... and most have #2 Aberdeen hooks (some few with #4's). They are ALL weedless jigheads, either with the "brush" style or Y-guard style weedguards. I've caught Crappie up to 2.5lbs, stick most all of them in the roof of the mouth, and haven't lost the first fish from any fault of the jighead or hook. (& I'm using 4lb test mono & lite action rods)
The only reason I went to a #2 hook, was for using larger bodied plastics ... as I was not having any problems with catching OR losing fish with the smaller #4 hooks.

Grousefly can custom make you pretty much any kind of jighead/hook size that you'd really want. Thumbs Up

NOW > IMHO ... if you know you're getting hits, but think you're missing fish because they're spitting the jig out .... I'm thinkin maybe you ain't setting the hook fast enough or hard enough. Even if you use the monster size hooks that some of these fellers are suggesting .... and you don't set the hook with the appropriate speed/power .... you haven't gained a thing.

... cp

[blairarnold]

2/0 for minnows is pretty much all i use

Ditto.

[BigMack]

#2 Matzou

[MAINEIAC]

#4 sickle on 1/16 bobber fishing. #2 sickle on 1/8 tightlining. Bend them open a little for better hookups.

[Savage270]

I use #2 or #1 eagle claw thin gold hooks for my crappie. Ive tried #4 and #6 before but I have a higher hook rate with the larger hooks and when tight lining they always hook themselves in the bony part of the top of their mouths.