Wacky Rig Hook Size

[rbreedi1]

What size hook do you guys use for wacky rigged senkos?

[Fishes in trees]

I like the Falcon K-wacky hooks.   They come in a 3/0 size.   A long time ago I found some in a 6/0 size at a tackle store in Columbia, MO, but I have long since ran out of those hooks and I don't make it to Columbia very often to check if they have more.  Falcon K-wacky hooks come in a variety of weights, I like the 1/16 oz best.

[Rangerphil]

3/0 worm hook but I saw vmc came out with a wacky rig hook looks good but I do not like circle hooks! I want to set the hook!

[rbreedi1]

The vmc weedless whacky hooks are the ones I'm looking at. I've got some owners that I used before in 1/0 but I feel like I need a larger size.

[Crappiebasser]

I use a 1/0 Damiki for weightless.

[Nodda4me]

I'll probably try out the Owner wacky hook. $6.88 from Sears.

 

Here are some to look at.

 

A lot of people prefer a 2/0 or 3/0. I'm going to use the 2/0.

 

Owner® Weedless Wacky Hooks - Model 5172
http://www.basspro.com/Owner-Weedless-Wacky-Hooks-Model-5172/product/97831/

SALE Eagle Claw® Lazer Sharp® Wacky Worm Hooks - Model L097BP
http://www.basspro.com/Eagle-Claw-Lazer-Sharp-Wacky-Worm-Hooks-Model-L097BP/product/103720/

NEW SALE Lazer TroKar® Weedless Wacky Worm Hooks
http://www.basspro.com/Lazer-TroKar-Weedless-Wacky-Worm-Hooks/product/12051808143526/

[Darren.]

What size hook do you guys use for wacky rigged senkos?

 

I may be the minority here, but I have not found *need* for a wacky hook bigger than a size 1.

 

I normally use #2 Gammy Wide Gap Finesse, in fact, it was either a #1 or a #2 WGF hook which I caught my PB (7.5lbs) on in thick grass on 10lb test.

 

The bigger the hook, the heavier, and the faster the fall of the worm. There's a lot more metal in 1/0 and up. But that's just my experience. I'm not dissing others for using bigger hooks. I just don't see the need to do so, my experience hasn't proven that smaller hooks have worse hookup rates.

 

Fly fishermen catch big bass with tiny hooks. It can be done. I've never broken a hook on a bass.

 

Let me add that I use these sizes with 4", 5" Senkos all the time.

Edited March 21, 2013 by DarrenM

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

I may be the minority here, but I have not found *need* for a wacky hook bigger than a size 1.

 

I normally use #2 Gammy Wide Gap Finesse, in fact, it was either a #1 or a #2 WGF hook which I caught my PB (7.5lbs) on in thick grass on 10lb test.

 

The bigger the hook, the heavier, and the faster the fall of the worm. There's a lot more metal in 1/0 and up. But that's just my experience. I'm not dissing others for using bigger hooks. I just don't see the need to do so, my experience hasn't proven that smaller hooks have worse hookup rates.

 

Fly fishermen catch big bass with tiny hooks. It can be done. I've never broken a hook on a bass.

 

Let me add that I use these sizes with 4", 5" Senkos all the time.

 

I too use smaller most of my use is with size 2 but I do have size 1 just cause at the time I needed more they didnt have size 2. Lazer Sharp weedless #2 red.