I bought some of these from the states and am going to give them a try. My question is, has anyone in OZ used them and if so what fish were you targeting and how successful are they?


Drop Shotting

has been a proven, 1st place winner, in many "national" bass fishing tournaments, where fishermen rigged regular hooks, in the middle of the line. It's called drop shotting, the hook is tied with a special knot, and that knot manipulated in a way to make the hook stick out 90 degrees from the fishing line, with a weight tied below the hook, so that you can manipulate your lures better. The problem for most fishermen, is rigging this up, and only very small hooks could be rigged this way.

With "Stand Out Hooks " (TM) "anyone" can quickly tie any knot they prefer to the hook, use any size hook, and the hook always sticks out at 90 degrees from the line, with the hook always in the best position for a top lip hook up. Even the pro's love the Stand Out Hook (tm), because even after fighting a fish, you don't have to reposition your knot into the proper position, it's always there, so your back in the water instantly. The Pro gets to use bigger hooks, and bigger lures, and these lures can even be rigged weedless now, unlike standard drop shot hooks.

Hook is tied to top eye, then tag of knot, drops through bottom eye



When using the Stand Out in Drop Shotting a lure, the hooks kicks out the lure when the line tightens,
giving it more action than any other hook made

Natural bait fishing

Stand Out Hooks (TM) are also the ticket for natural bait fishermen , They allow people to use natural, and live bait like never before, greatly increasing the number of fish caught, because these hooks allow you to fish these baits in a way where the fish see, and smell the baits better, Stand Out Hooks (TM) keep you baits off the bottom, out of the muck, and out of the snags, you determine how far off the bottom you want the bait, by the length of the line between the weight, and the hook. Stand Out Hooks can be fished with a float on top of the water, even when your fishing right off the bottom. The weight anchors your float, and rig from drifting in current, or wind.. When you cast to where the fish are, your rig stays there, your hook, and bait stays off the bottom, unlike regular fishing, when the hook is below the weight, so fewer snags, and you float shows the gentlest nibble , you just catch more fish.

More hook sets, easier catch and release
Since the Stand Out Hooks (TM) are always "Straight up" the hook is always in the proper position for the fish to be hooked when he closes his mouth, it's not laying sideways. This greatly increases the number of hooked fish, to the number of bites.


Stand Out Hooks(TM), almost totally eliminate, gut hooked fish, because the hook is perpendicular to the fishing line, that line keeps the hook from going too far into the fish's mouth, in most cases this also keeps the line from entering the fish's mouth, so that you are rarely cut off from toothed fish biting the line in two.




Float fishing with natural baits, the Stand Out Hooks greatly improve both presentation of the bait, and hook set, by keeping the hook always in the up right position, even a dead minnow looks like it is alive, the hook keeps the minnow from flipping on it's side, Keeping the bait off the bottom, where fish can easily see it, gets you many more bites, even from primary bottom feeders like catfish. The Stand Out hook let's your bait stay where you cast it, even in wind and current, the weight anchors the rig to the bottom, so it stays put, yet the bobber still goes down on a bite. Keeping the hook off the bottom eliminates many snags, keeps you bait out of the mud and weeds, and keeps it from falling into the cracks in rocks. When fishing in real deep water, and you don't wish to use a slip float, a small float can be used a foot, or two above the hook, enough float to keep your bait up, but not enough to raise your weight off the bottom. Of course you can always fish your bait way off the bottom, for those mid water schooling fish. If your local laws allow, more than one hook can be used on your line.


You can even fish for different species on the same rig, at the same time, with a cricket, or worm on the bottom hook, and a minnow on the top hook. Any combination can be rigged up, even your favorite catfish bait on the bottom, and a minnow above.


Reference: ezknot.com/SUHooks.html