Seaway

[ryansrods]

most 6/0 havnt got a wide enough gape to get a good hold around the jaw bone of a jew let alone be strong enough big fish big bait big gear

[fish2death]

From my experience I would not use a circle hook for Jew, the object when targeting Jew is to let them take the bait down passed their crushing plates just behind their jaws, Jew will crush and swallow their prey. If you hook a big Jew in the mouth you are in for a fight this usually happens in rough condition off some headland or rock wall or close to structures and your chances are minimised by the control you have.
If you let the Jew swallow the hooks passed the crushing plate they will only have one or two good runs and you have control when it comes time to land them, I use 10/0 or 12/0 VMC for live baits attached as I described in previous post with good success, I use 50lb mono with 80lb trace at least 2m long this is fishing off a wall or headland.
Haff!!

[the gecko]

So 10/0s are the go, I agree. Where do you rig em, 1 in the nose/mouth, and 1 behind the dorsal fin?

How important is the sinker rig, it must run freely?

What about depth of bait, bottom or midwater?

Andrew

[ryansrods]

from my experience you have alot more control over a fish hooked in the jaw rather than gut hooked and you will pull hooks easier ya might be lucky enough to reset the hook 10/0 definatly the go get rid of ya 2 hook rig and stick with 1 10/0 you will have a better hook up rate and your bait will stay alive alot longer

[fish2death]

Andrew, depending on the situation for example: if in fast current I would place a 8/0 or 10/0 though the nose and hang a stinger with a 7/0 treble just behind the gills on top If using a large up to 400mm mullet hang one each side, bloody hard to lose them with this rig, I use this mainly for fishing drains where two gutters run out sea, they swim great and stay alive for a long time. If fishing off a wall or headland with some current I place a 10/0 just under the skin just behind the anal fin, (try using the toothpick). If fishing on a slack tide using a float I use 2x 10/0 one though the skin just behind the dorsal fin with the toothpick and the other 10/0 hangs free line the barb up with the eye of the hook. I have used the above in NQ years ago with good success on Barra; the main thing is to have plenty of hook exposure and an open gate in the hooks.
Haff!!

[ryansrods]

i still cant figure out for the life of me why people continue to use 2w hooks

[fish2death]

Ryan how you going, I just used one 10/0 for years and had a lot of geting the livie back no scales and squashed, so i though i would try how i use to hook up livies in NQ for Barra and had better results, been a bit sloww this year with the closures of the Richmond but looking foward to winter,
cheers Haff!!