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bunker dunker · #21 03-30-2016, 07:29 AM

I agree with Gerry,its all about paying attention when your dragging bait.i have watched peeps drag a fluke around for 20 minutes before reeling it in and wounder why the hook is all the way down in its guts.you don't have to
let the fluke eat for that long.yes there are days when they need a little extra time but like we all have said they have a big mouth.swing on them and if ya miss keep working the bait as they due tend to come back.

Fisherman120 · #22 03-30-2016, 08:11 AM

7/0-8/0 is perfect a for a grub or 6 inch mullet. 6/0 fits it good too but is better for 5 inch mullets. In the bay/shallow water with smaller gulp I'll use 4-5/0.

RussH · #23 03-30-2016, 12:42 PM

So... I also see people on party boats VERY successfully working 1.5 to 2oz bucktails on ultralight rods with 10# test and those are what, 3/0?

But like has been said bucktailling is what seems to be the real answer for reduced mortality but it's also not something you can just hand out a rental rod and have people do. So maybe the real answer here is bait draggers should be using 9/0 hooks and don't deadstick for fluke regardless?

BCinerie · #24 03-30-2016, 12:52 PM

7/0 to 10/0 they got big mouths!!!

Fisherman120 · #25 03-30-2016, 01:23 PM

While were on the topic of fluke hooks does anybody know where you can purchase baitholder hooks in bulk for cheap?

RussH · #26 03-30-2016, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fisherman120

While were on the topic of fluke hooks does anybody know where you can purchase baitholder hooks in bulk for cheap?

I know it's the easy answer but 25 packs of Gamakatsu hooks on amazon tend to be 10 to 15 percent cheaper than the brick and mortars.

Gerry Zagorski · #27 03-30-2016, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RussH

So... I also see people on party boats VERY successfully working 1.5 to 2oz bucktails on ultralight rods with 10# test and those are what, 3/0?

But like has been said bucktailling is what seems to be the real answer for reduced mortality but it's also not something you can just hand out a rental rod and have people do. So maybe the real answer here is bait draggers should be using 9/0 hooks and don't deadstick for fluke regardless?

The difference is those people bucktailing are tending their poles and they feel the strike....Its immistakeable. You get a strike and you feel it because you are in direct constant contact with the bucktail and teaser and your bait.

Much more difficult to detect strike when bait dragging. You got the sinker between you and your bait.

mike1010 · #28 03-31-2016, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RussH

I know it's the easy answer but 25 packs of Gamakatsu hooks on amazon tend to be 10 to 15 percent cheaper than the brick and mortars.

The brick and mortars that are site sponsors?

RussH · #29 03-31-2016, 09:33 AM

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The brick and mortars that are site sponsors?

To be fair... he asked. I shop at the sponsors also. Spread the love so to speak.

Fisherman120 · #30 03-31-2016, 02:08 PM

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The brick and mortars that are site sponsors?

Do people really need to make a fuss about anything? I support local shops but when I go through 50+ hooks a year fishing rocks I'm not going to bother with a retail price. I'm going to be buying from Palmers anyways who is a sponsor as I see he now supplies hooks which he didn't in the past.