02-19-2007, 04:59 PM
Mmmm, never really gave the Octopus hooks a shot yet.
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That's a picture of a Gamakatsu Octopus hook. I don't like the offset eyelet on the hook. And when i'm using a hook like this, I never tie right to the hook, so shank tieing isn't an option. I always have a steel leader attached because I mostly target fish with sharp teeth.
For shark, I like my mustads:
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Braided steel leader,and spro super heavy swivels. I have some super large circle hooks I tried on shark, but I found my hook up rate to go down with shark when I used circle hooks. Just with shark though, nothing else. I know octopus hooks are a tad bit different in design, I can see where they might have a better hook up rate. Do they make a octopus hook without the bent eye?
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[/url] That's a picture of a Gamakatsu Octopus hook. I don't like the offset eyelet on the hook. And when i'm using a hook like this, I never tie right to the hook, so shank tieing isn't an option. I always have a steel leader attached because I mostly target fish with sharp teeth.
For shark, I like my mustads:
Braided steel leader,and spro super heavy swivels. I have some super large circle hooks I tried on shark, but I found my hook up rate to go down with shark when I used circle hooks. Just with shark though, nothing else. I know octopus hooks are a tad bit different in design, I can see where they might have a better hook up rate. Do they make a octopus hook without the bent eye?
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