Hook up ratio up 50%

[Danny Lang]

Fellows don’t really want to advertise this BUT fishing everyday will let you do a lot of experiments if you allow yourself and have the anistive to learn by not catching many, losing lots of fish, meaning bites that you don’t catch. So being the fisherman that I am, I tried sneeling a hook on bottom then up about 5 inches or so I wrapped a 1/4 oz egg sinker about 5 times, then about 2 foot up I tie a swivel to my main line, which is spiderwire ( line that is tied from hook to swivel is 8 pound mono) I got this from catfishing and using circle hooks, my first experiment was with octopus hooks, they work great, but when you get hung on treetops, stumps, or what ever, line breaks, so I tied this to a regular Eagle claw 214 hook just to see if the hook acts the same as a circle hook, and it does (as long as you tie the sneeled hook correctly) my hook up ratio went up tremendously. If you try this start toeing from the bottom up.
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Danny Lang

[Danny Lang]

Last sentence should read tying from the bottom up, my fat fingers type everything but what it suppose to. Thanks all you spiders riggers should try this, IT WORKS ALOT BETTER.

[DockShootinJack]

Thanks for sharing

[Micanopy]

Some years back I experimented with circle hooks. Had used them for years with great success, but wondered if there was a best knot. Turns out there are two of them. The Snell and a loop knot perform best. It has to do with how the hook exits the mouth. These allow the tip to stick, and then of course the fish finishes the set. I could snell my hooks and catch fish in the side of the mouth, or tie a loop and catch them dead center in the bottom jaw.

Keep experimenting.

[Danny Lang]

Some years back I experimented with circle hooks. Had used them for years with great success, but wondered if there was a best knot. Turns out there are two of them. The Snell and a loop knot perform best. It has to do with how the hook exits the mouth. These allow the tip to stick, and then of course the fish finishes the set. I could snell my hooks and catch fish in the side of the mouth, or tie a loop and catch them dead center in the bottom jaw.

Keep experimenting.

I agree the snell hook has worked the best for me also, but they are pricey. So I tried the same with the 214 hook also with the hook snelled again and it worked great, and get hung on a stump and straighten the hook and ready to go again, thanks for replying.

[Danny Lang]

Have you tried the octopus hook yet?

[catchNgrease]

Can you take a picture of that and post it please

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[Danny Lang]

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here is the best that I can do, hope this helps, if not send me a pm and I will give you my number, and we can talk.

[Danny Lang]

Remember if you keep hook about 6-7 inches from lead, you will see more bites. And tie a swivel about 2 foot from the lead. 8-10 mono. Hope this helps you, it helped to put 25 crappie in the live well today.

[catchNgrease]

Thanks for the pictures

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