Mr. Keeper Worm Hooks (With The Extra "barb" Piece At Eye) ?

[Robertqq]

Hi Folks,

 

First, a thanks for all the previous help.

Much appreciated, and nice of you all to take the time to.

 

Regarding those Mr. Keeper Worm Hooks.

The ones with the extra "barb" piece hanging out of the eye.

 

Seems like a nice idea for rigging worms and Craws.

A lot easier, apparently, than using the regular hooks with the small offset by the eye that you really have to thread very carefully

thru the nose of the worm.

 

With my eyesight these days, it has become a real chore; I really butcher the noses

of a lot of Senkos, etc. in trying to do it.

 

Any pros and cons for these Keeper Hooks ?

General thoughts on, etc.

 

Thanks,

Bob

[Crestliner2008]

They work really well with flukes and soft jerkbaits too (like Slug-Gos). However, with the advent of the new screw spring type retainers that a lot of hooks now come with now, the original Mr. Keeper barbs have had decreased popularity. They do not hold all that well in fact, although it's still a great idea. I like them on the smaller soft jerkbaits.

[doyle8218]

Are these the Mr. Twister Keeper Hooks?

[Master Bait'r]

See the downside to the barb is they rock plastics. If the hook is already on the line it's going to mess up your plastics which is kind of counterintuitive IMO.

I like the Hitchhikers and similar add-on screw locks. Also those barb holder hooks work well with hitchhikers too fwiw.

[Robertqq]

Hi,

 

Yes, the Mr. Twister Keeper Hooks is what I was referring to.

 

Can you suggest some other brands, and what they call them, for the screw lock hooks besides the Hitchhikers ?

 

Having trouble locating this type of hook on Amazon.

 

Thanks,

Bob  (OP)

[doyle8218]

Owner CPS Spring and Damiki D Hold Hook.

[smalljaw67]

You can get Owner twist lock hooks, they make them in light wire simple called twist lock light. They are a little expensive but, if your eyes are that bad that you can't Texas rig a Senko without butchering the nose of the bait, a regular screw lock is going to be almost impossible for you to rig. The thing with the Owner twist lock light hook is the screw lock has that centering pin so all you need to do is get the centering pin in the center and then screw the worm on. There is one problem with those hooks, including the Mr. Twister Keeper hooks, and that is tying your line to them, I say this because with these types of hooks you will have to thread your line through the eye like normal but you will have to watch that your line isn't in the screw lock or keeper barb as those are attached to hook eye making the eye smaller to get your line through. You can buy hitchhikers which clip on to the eye of any hook you want to use allowing you to tie your line to the hook first and then clip on the screw lock afterward  but the hitchhikers don't have the centering pin which will make it hard to screw the nose of the worm on without making a mess out of it. There are shaky heads with spike and barbs not on the eye of the hook but they are jig heads and not a plain hook so it isn't going to help you if you want to fish your worms weightless which is probably what you want to do with a Senko anyway. My advice would be to just use a regular hook and get a pair of magnifiers that will let you see enough to Texas rig your worm without making it a mess, unless you can see well enough to thread your line through a smaller line tie which I don't find that possible if your eye sight is that bad that you can't get a hook point into the center of a worm nose.

[dumfish]

I would recommend the VMC long shank worm hook, it has a barb on the shank and are very well priced. I use them with the jika rig.