Does hook size really matter ?

[Ketchn]

number 8 sickle 1/64 minnow head ....small plastic bait ....lots a fry in the water around the surface ....anything larger hook wise and you ketch nada .....falls out of the strike zone way to fast and does not look like a helpless lil fry fish in the water ....so you see there is a method to my madness , and yes it was a good solid toad size fish ....in a heavily fished spot in the DFW metroplex .....

[ET Fish]

number 8 sickle 1/64 minnow head ....small plastic bait ....lots a fry in the water around the surface ....anything larger hook wise and you ketch nada .....falls out of the strike zone way to fast and does not look like a helpless lil fry fish in the water ....so you see there is a method to my madness , and yes it was a good solid toad size fish ....in a heavily fished spot in the DFW metroplex .....

Now you're making me rethink my thousands of jigheads!

[Ketchn]

LOL , I am by no means implying everyone use a small hook sir , and in some cases I think a big hook helps . I just happen to target heavily pressured fish in many spots and in order to ketch anything of size and or numbers if I am not down sizing I am not ketchn . in the colder months and late summer months I go larger as the average bait size is larger. Right now we have a lot of small baby fry fish in many spots I hit , so I drop down a size or so and try to emulate the bait sizes they are targeting

[ET Fish]

LOL , I am by no means implying everyone use a small hook sir , and in some cases I think a big hook helps . I just happen to target heavily pressured fish in many spots and in order to ketch anything of size and or numbers if I am not down sizing I am not ketchn . in the colder months and late summer months I go larger as the average bait size is larger. Right now we have a lot of small baby fry fish in many spots I hit , so I drop down a size or so and try to emulate the bait sizes they are targeting

Ha ha! It's kinda like this....I see pictures of your catches, and know my catches. You're doing something right for sure!!

[pstone]

I never use small baits, I guess it makes sense to not use small hooks then. Lol. Crappie Minnows here are 3.5-5" long...��

[lowe175]

Really depends on where and how you fish. Where and how I fish you will not use a big hook and get bites and you will stay hung up. I use 4 an 6 most of the time and I catch plenty of big fish even big cats and bass. I've landed 20lb cats on a #6 hook and 4lb line. Had a friend land a 40lb blue cat in the same line and jig hook 30min to get to the boat he followed it will the trolling motor for around a mile so don't doubt the smaller hooks.

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