Hooks for whiting?

[chief 1]

What do you guys think are the best whiting hooks?,i've been using the little long shanks you get in them bream packs,i will try some wide gapes

[whiteman]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Long shank red ones - small. Pealed prawn as bait. Wide gapes are designed for live bait.

[pommy]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Geetings!

Long shank size 4 in red for worms. prawns or yabbies. short shank for pipies.

Regards, Rob.

[loophole]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Long shank red ones - small. Pealed prawn as bait. Wide gapes are designed for live bait.

Hooks for whiting, i use the mustard ex-longshank chemicaly sharpened no 4's or 2s witth a nice bloodworm. I know the wide gapes you are talking about Chief they are called Big mouths by Mustard and do wrk catching whiting but best suited to fish like flathead etc.

cheers reece

[Tim_N]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Number 4 Tru turns, cheap as chips and work really well. I think they are a 756 hook.
Tim

[imnotoriginal]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

I use a size 2 long shank if I'm fishing for sand whiting. I like the bigger hook, because you get a bigger bait on and you're less likely to lose your hook to a small whiting that sucks down the whole lot.
Joel

[chief 1]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

cheers everyone,hey pommy,i think they are the hooks i'm using and loophole i have seen the ones you use and i might buy some and the wide gapes i was talking about are them big mouths

Cheers Dylan

[tunaticer]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

I use #4 Tru-Turns and they are by far the best thing for whiting as I seldom miss a hookup and can't remeber dropping a whiting on them either. Always hooked in the corner of the mouth everytime.

Jack.

[mini696]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Tru-turns or wide gaps.

[Horse]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Try the Gamakatsu Worm hook in size 4. It is a very fine medium shank hook with two small keeper barbs. A lot of the gun Whiting fishos seem to prefer short shanked hooks though.
PM Youngy for the drum

Cheers

Neil

[ant_72]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Size 4 mustad 92647. They are a 3/4 length long shank with baitholder and they are not too wide in the gape.

[Gold_Coast_Chaser]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

Try the Gamakatsu Worm hook in size 4. It is a very fine medium shank hook with two small keeper barbs. A lot of the gun Whiting fishos seem to prefer short shanked hooks though.
PM Youngy for the drum

Cheers

Neil

Spot-on, youngy knows all on whitng, although the other day i didnt find time to get the hooks youngy told me i used some old Gamakatsu Worm hooks in Size 4 and they seemed to work well as we caught 10 legal whiting, although they do occasionally swallow the thing down to its guts, got em back after we filleted em though, lol. Hope this helps!

[fish-n-dive]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

I prefer a #4 chemically sharpened red longshank hook but the rigging of the hook is also very important. Here are 2 examples of winning rigs.





NB: The red beads/tubing is a must!!!

[chief 1]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

cheers,hey fish-n-dive,how do you do the two droppers on the first rig?i just had a dead bait rig

[fish-n-dive]

Re: Hooks for whiting?

cheers,hey fish-n-dive,how do you do the two droppers on the first rig?i just had a dead bait rig