Super User F14A-B Posted June 4, 2014 Super User Posted June 4, 2014 What's you're hook up rate and opinion on the owner 2/0 camo green wacky hook and the 3/0 owner mosquito hooks for wacky rigging... I noticed the mosquito has a offset hook-point and the line tie looks optimized for Snelling. Appreciate the feedback. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted June 4, 2014 Super User Posted June 4, 2014 I've used the camo 2/0, not the 3/0 mosquito. the 2/0 is a good hook, but the one and only thing I don't like about these is the slightly bent "beak" of the hook. I've caught with the camo, and each bas has been fairly well hooked, either in the jaw, or in the skin of the upper mouth/lip. I have found the gamakatsu wide gap finesse and the split shot/drop shot hooks have (in my experience) a better hook up ratio. 2 cents. 1 Quote
PersicoTrotaVA Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 The Owner camo hooks are nice. So far they have been hooked in the top of the mouth or in the corner of the jaw. I really like them a lot. I haven't used the mosquito hooks yet... 1 Quote
michang5 Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I've been having a lot of success with the Owner 1/0 wacky hooks with o-ringed Senkos. The last two weeks I've pulled in four 6 pounders and over a dozen 1-4 pounders with the camo hooks. I sent a message to my friends last night talking up these hooks. I included a pic of current hook I have tied on that has all of the camo coating rubbed completely off from catching a dozen fish -- including 2 of the aforementioned 6 pounders. It is still super sharp though! 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted June 5, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2014 I've been having a lot of success with the Owner 1/0 wacky hooks with o-ringed Senkos. The last two weeks I've pulled in four 6 pounders and over a dozen 1-4 pounders with the camo hooks. I sent a message to my friends last night talking up these hooks. I included a pic of current hook I have tied on that has all of the camo coating rubbed completely off from catching a dozen fish -- including 2 of the aforementioned 6 pounders. It is still super sharp though! I really love Owner hooks! Sounds great... It appears the hook style is doing very well! Thanks for the feedback ! Quote
speed craw Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 1 /0 mosquito hook as a drop shot setup or just plain wacky for super finesse a zoom finesse worm . This can be deadly as it is small and looks helpless. Also works great on yum dingers for when you are around cover , seems for me at least less snags in open light / moderate wood cover . 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted June 5, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2014 1 /0 mosquito hook as a drop shot setup or just plain wacky for super finesse a zoom finesse worm . This can be deadly as it is small and looks helpless. Also works great on yum dingers for when you are around cover , seems for me at least less snags in open light / moderate wood cover .Thanks.. I like the mosquito hook... It's slight offset is a style that works well for me in other rigs... At 2.99 a bag at BPS camo are 3.39 I really would rather use the black nickle.... Do you snell the hook? Or tie directly to hook eye? Quote
speed craw Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Nope just strait palomar and the black nickel is really the only color I use as well the only color available when I buy them . The added bend at the neck works well when I do my double loop for the drop shot setup , keeps the hook from tilting or sliding down on the knot . 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted June 5, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2014 Nope just strait palomar and the black nickel is really the only color I use as well the only color available when I buy them . The added bend at the neck works well when I do my double loop for the drop shot setup , keeps the hook from tilting or sliding down on the knot . Yea.. I gotcha the 2 hooks are slightly different from one another.. Wacky is camo while mosquito is black nickle. Thanks for the feedback ! Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted June 5, 2014 Super User Posted June 5, 2014 I use the Mosquito 2/0 for wacky rigging finesse worms. Uni-knot. The Mosquito is a light wire version of the SSW or Gammy Octopus hook. 1 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted June 5, 2014 Author Super User Posted June 5, 2014 I use the Mosquito 2/0 for wacky rigging finesse worms. Uni-knot. The Mosquito is a light wire version of the SSW or Gammy Octopus hook. So I guess that would mean just a reeling action for hook sets ? Rather than a normal rod snap hook set... Is that right ? Or can you jerk with the bigger mosquito ? Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted June 5, 2014 Super User Posted June 5, 2014 So I guess that would mean just a reeling action for hook sets ? Rather than a normal rod snap hook set... Is that right ? Or can you jerk with the bigger mosquito ? No, I do the hook set just like with a Tx rig. The weedless rigging is the same as my avatar, just don't have the shrink tubing for that picture. I use the shrink tubing with the finesse worms too. Forgot to add that I would not use the Wacky hook, that is just as useless as the Gammy Finesse Wide Gap hook. The hook eye and hook point are too close together which causes missed hooksets. 1 Quote
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