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Originally Posted by frugalfisherman
I think the type of hook is more important than size. I use octopus hooks 5/0 which are more likely to slide back out a fishes throat than a straight hook. Also pay attention. If you sit there day dreaming while the fish swallows the hook that's no good. If I catch 1000 fluke over the summer I doubt if I gut hook more than 5.
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I'm with Frugal here, as well as a few others. Its the technique, made up of a lot of jigging activity on my part and paying attention. I've landed my biggest fluke using octopus 2/0 hooks and same for me: 1,000 fish and gut hooking <5.
