Minnow Hook Question?

[RogerA]

I use # 2 almost all the time except when fishing in Ms.

[ichabod]

a lot of those missed bites might be bluegill or small crappie .I would go to a smaller hook.

[RobAnderson]

I switched to a 2/0 true turn hook a few years ago and have decreased my misses substantially. I fish in open water with live minnows. Just my 2 cents.

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[catchNgrease]

#4 rotating gold Aberdeen

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[Dollfly]

214EL Eagle Claw and use a net to lift into the boat.

[Cray]

Changed to these couple years ago. Found much better hook up and holding on our big crappie down here. And if I was fishing that deep I would definitely be using braid.
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[catchNgrease]

That's a good looking hook.

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[DockShootinJack]

That is a mean looking hook

[pwcb2005]

I was raised up using 2/0 but my fishing buddy started using 4/0 aberdeen hooks. So that is what I use with minnows now after catching more and bigger crappie. I hook them behind the eye through the socket.

[Erin Brewer]

Shoot ... biggest hook I've ever used for minnows is a #1 Aberdeen, and the most often used one is a #4 Aberdeen !! I've yet to have a Crappie of any size bend one open .... even when lift landing them in the 2lb+ range.

I'm just curious as to why ya'll think you need such huge hooks in the 1/0 2/0 & 3/0 category

We need bigger hooks here because if we used a #4 they would even come out the minnow haha we use big ones here! Big Minnows + big hook = big fish


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