keeper hooks

Posted by mikG on 28/5/2012, 4:30 pm
121.75.5.X

If using a keeper hook should i fix it to the line? With what kind of knot??

Re: keeper hooks

Posted by Panser on 28/5/2012, 4:32 pm, in reply to "keeper hooks"
125.239.244.X

Snell knot Born to fish. Forced to work.

Re: keeper hooks

Posted by Phill on 28/5/2012, 5:22 pm, in reply to "Re: keeper hooks"
Tackle Tactics

I like mine sliding and if I want to lock it in place I wrap the line around the shank a couple of times.

Re: keeper hooks

Posted by mikG on 28/5/2012, 5:34 pm, in reply to "Re: keeper hooks"
121.75.5.X

thanks panser and phill i will try both, like alot of fishing techniques i guess its trial and error to find personal preferences!

Re: keeper hooks

Posted by JamesHB on 28/5/2012, 7:38 pm, in reply to "Re: keeper hooks"
118.93.48.X

I have it sliding as I'm yet to find 2 pillies the same size and rather not having to grab another trace for a smaller/or larger bait.

Re: keeper hooks

Posted by Hangler on 28/5/2012, 8:18 pm, in reply to "Re: keeper hooks"
125.237.50.X

When surfcasting in the Bay of Plenty, I went through a stage of having a very small keeper hook that was free to slide on the trace. One evening when fishing on a particularly rough night with long swells at Pikowhai, I had a really good hit, this proved to be a small kingfish (9kg) that had taken a small kahawhai that had taken the bait. When I finally landed the fish, it was the very devil trying to get it through the surf, I discovered it to be hooked on the tiny keeper hook, the main hook was swinging free. Thank goodness I always take things very easy and wait for the right wave to help land a fish, this time is paid huge dividends.