11-12-2014, 06:44 PM
Those corkies look interesting - I should give those a shot to fish for trout in the day without having to use floating powerbait.
I wondered if the size 6 hooks were small enough to cause a lot of gut hooking. Guess I'll have to either step up on hook size or plan to keep them. I'm kind of doubting I'll have a lot of luck getting cats from shore at this time of year anyway, so I may want to just hold off.
When you say octopus hooks, are you talking about circle hooks specifically? It's not totally clear to me, but aren't circle hooks just one type of octopus hook? I don't know that I understand the advantage of a non-circle octopus hook over a regular baitholder. I thought octopus hooks just mean that the eye was bent outward (ideal for snelling and retaining an in-line pull direction with the shaft).[reply][/reply]
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I wondered if the size 6 hooks were small enough to cause a lot of gut hooking. Guess I'll have to either step up on hook size or plan to keep them. I'm kind of doubting I'll have a lot of luck getting cats from shore at this time of year anyway, so I may want to just hold off.
When you say octopus hooks, are you talking about circle hooks specifically? It's not totally clear to me, but aren't circle hooks just one type of octopus hook? I don't know that I understand the advantage of a non-circle octopus hook over a regular baitholder. I thought octopus hooks just mean that the eye was bent outward (ideal for snelling and retaining an in-line pull direction with the shaft).[reply][/reply]
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