Hooks, what is the best for cat fishing ?
Rodney Long
awesome when you have your fishing rod in a rod holder, set your drag
way, way down, and let the fish run with the bait, you don't care if the
hook goes all way down to the gut, as most of the time the hook comes
back out and catches the fish in the corner of the mouth, that is if you
just gradually increase your drag as the fish swims away. If you have
never used circle hooks, try them, just remember you don't "set" the
hook with a circle, if you do , you will loose most fish.
There is only one hook better for cat fishing than a circle hook, that
is the "Stand Out" Hook from TTI (True Turn), like a circle hook, it
hooks "all" cat fish in the mouth, they can't swallow it though, it
can't go down to the gut, the real difference, the one that really makes
it Stand Out over the rest, is the bait presentation.
When the Stand Out is properly rigged for cat fishing, the bait never
touches the bottom, it does not get into the muck, or weeds where the
cat fish have to work to find it and get it out of that mess, neither
does it snag in that mess.
The proper way to rig a Stand Out for cats is tie one or two hooks
leaving 3 feet of line from the top hook to the end, and about 12 inches
of the second hook from the end, then tie on a weight on the end of the
line, place a small float above the top hook, just enough float to float
your bait/s, but not your weight. This will keep the bait a set distance
off the bottom regardless of the depth of the water . The reason this is
a better presentation, the bait is at or above eye level (cat fish eyes
are more on the top of their heads) the baits scent is free to drift
from the bait.
See drawing at http://ezknot.com/suhook30.gif, on the ways to rig it for
cats, It can be rigged with the float on top of the water as well
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