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Best way to fish with anchovies??? - salvuch - 04-07-2009

What is the best way to fish with anchovies? I have tried cutting off head and tail and put the chunk of body on the hook but that way it alwyas falls off. I am using 2/0 octopus hook. I have also tried hooking behind the eye putting the hook all the way through and bury hook into body. Some people tell me to use treble hooks. I am just looking for the best way thank you any help will be much appreciated im head to BH this morning around 8:30.

Sal
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Re: [salvuch] Best way to fish with anchovies??? - Demolitron - 04-08-2009

I usually use a large wide gap worm hook. I use a small section of chovy, about the length of the hook's shank. I thread the hook through the body length wise. Then I grab some super thin/cheap sewing thread. Wrap it around the shank several times, then the chovy a bit and then spin it around the hook's shank real tight. Pull hard and break it off. This way I don't have to use knots.

I end up cleaning off the thread every few times I re-bait the hook. This way I can even use chovys that have been partially thawed and frozen again.
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