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
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
Regards
Dylan
Long shank red ones - small. Pealed prawn as bait. Wide gapes are designed for live bait.
Geetings!
Long shank size 4 in red for worms. prawns or yabbies. short shank for pipies.
Regards, Rob.
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
"True Blue"
Number 4 Tru turns, cheap as chips and work really well. I think they are a 756 hook.
Tim
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
Fishing for the thrill, not for the kill
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
Regards
Dylan
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.
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
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Size 4 mustad 92647. They are a 3/4 length long shank with baitholder and they are not too wide in the gape.
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!
"The two best times to fish is when it's rainin' and when it ain't."
Cheers, Dylan
PB's
Bream: 40cm - Whiting: 41cm - Flathead: 62cm
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!!!
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12lb Brown Trout
6.5lb Brook Trout
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cheers,hey fish-n-dive,how do you do the two droppers on the first rig?i just had a dead bait rig
Regards
Dylan
Last edited by fish-n-dive; 14-04-2008 at 06:40 PM.
"This space is saved for my next special catch"
"Rainy" Haines Hunter 540C Yamaha 130 HPDI
28lb King Salmon
18lb Steelhead (Rainbow) Trout
12lb Brown Trout
6.5lb Brook Trout
12lb Murry Cod
6'+ Bronze Whaler Shark