11-15-2014, 07:06 PM
Another option to get off the bottom is a twist on a float, a sinking float if you will. paternoster they call it, big name, simple notion.
I think the circle hooks are a bit shorter on the shank than an octopus, but similar in the hooking, the circle tip bends in even more. I like the octopus in a 1-3, often the red ones. But you want to be sure to leave the sharp tip exposed.
Thing about some of these hooks it they bite and run, hook turns, and generally will lip hook them, rather than swallowing down to the gut. If I don't lip hook them they are either coming home, or line is snipped. Once past that stomach sphincter, there is no return.
Here's a couple rig-pix.
[inline float-paternoster.gif.jpg]
[inline "sunken float patternoster rigs.gif"]
These are some octopus hooks with beads, float and blade. Without the blade they would help float off the bottom. The foam thingy is sold for Walleye rigs, but the cats don't seem to take offense at that.
[inline CS_Floaters2.jpg]
I think the circle hooks are a bit shorter on the shank than an octopus, but similar in the hooking, the circle tip bends in even more. I like the octopus in a 1-3, often the red ones. But you want to be sure to leave the sharp tip exposed.
Thing about some of these hooks it they bite and run, hook turns, and generally will lip hook them, rather than swallowing down to the gut. If I don't lip hook them they are either coming home, or line is snipped. Once past that stomach sphincter, there is no return.
Here's a couple rig-pix.
[inline float-paternoster.gif.jpg]
[inline "sunken float patternoster rigs.gif"]
These are some octopus hooks with beads, float and blade. Without the blade they would help float off the bottom. The foam thingy is sold for Walleye rigs, but the cats don't seem to take offense at that.
[inline CS_Floaters2.jpg]