What Sea Fishing hooks do you use?

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:22 pm

I tend to go with sakuma mantas for all my fishing now either these or the ala yates version that is identical, i know mustda are good but sakuma are great, shame theyre japenese and not made in england though

Occasional Joined: Dec 02, 2005 Posts: 144

kamasan all the time, wouldn't use anything else.

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:22 pm

Mustad Vikings,3.0s and 4.0s

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:41 am

hey medlar i know youll be needing the viking but have you tried the manta's yet? theyre unbelievable probably a similar strength to the vikings except slightly more flexible, when i say this though i mean when your snagged using 30lb line

Member Joined: Dec 02, 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Dorset

Ive been using Varivas half circle hooks for a lot on my boat fishing sizes 6 for small wrasse, 2,s for beam and up to 3/0s for general fishing pretty good results and varely hook deep in gut

Member Joined: Dec 21, 2004 Posts: 41 Location: Cornwall

As long as it's not stainless any hook suits me. I reckon stianless hooks should be banned. If I lose a hooked fish I want to know that my hook will rot out pretty quickly and let the fish live on.

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:24 pm

I love the Varivas Big Mouth hooks from Veals for most general shore fishing 2/0 3/0 4/0 ,landed some nice fish on them too,they are very very sharp and do keep the point nicely.For anything like the Bristol Channel or Hound fishing i use the Bix Mouth Extra.same pattern but a heavier gage metal,super strong and sharp.....give em a try,youll like em

And its about £4 for 30 hooks

Whilst i think of it Veals do a selection pask of a lot of there hooks,good idea really as you only need one pack to give most of there hooks a try,including the above mentioned semi circle hooks and big mouths and more, 8)

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:42 pm

gonna try using the new piggy back 4.0s tomorrow.See what they are like

Member Joined: Oct 22, 2005 Posts: 65 Location: South East

Evening all.....
Would have to opt for the kamasan chemicaly sharpend variety,, a very serious hook that can be relied on, although mustard do go along way.
Recently tried some of "alan yates" thought they were very justified.

Cant go wrong with the classic aberdeen blacks by kamasan though.

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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:24 am

Hi all,

Guess it depends on the job you want to do i suppose. I tend to use Kamasan but when fishing for cod i'll go for mustad (cant remember the number but they are the green cod hook with the bait barbs on).
Then if im fishing for big bass i will use something that has a pair of balls and wont get straightened out. I go for the sakuma manta "extra's" as i lost a few large fish on other brands this year with the hooks bending out.

Tight lines

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:32 am

Well to be honest I mainly use Kamasan hooks Full Stop :!: they are a quality hook and very sharp :!: cant go wrong with them really, many of the best in our sport use them :wink:
Cheers
mrix

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:32 pm

i have to admit however much i might like the sakuma range of hoks... and lines for that matter, mustad do make some very good hooks for flatfish, i cant remeber the number but i bought them in size 6 and the packet had a flatty and whity on, they arnt too soft but and bendy enough to get out of snags, very nice hooks indeed but if i remember correctly they were stainless and thats why i stopped using them

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:53 am

i'll use what ever is availiable , given the choice i'd use mustad 'nordic's'.

its more a case of what i aviod

1, anything in stainless.

2, mustad, i think there called 'ultra point's' , nice and sharp but only for the first couple o casts.

gj.

Member Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Midlands

Trying Gamakatsu hooks at the moment, but havn't caught anything on them yet sad

I normally use, penn, eagle claw or mustard hooks with good results.

Stainless hooks, yeah I agree, bad idea.

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:44 pm

what are the penn hooks called? i havent even heard of them before