Redfield38 Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 Anybody know where to find offset hooks with built in bullet weight in larger hook sizes? Looking for 5/0 and 7/0, largest found so far is 4/0 at Bass pro shops. Quote
Super User Angry John Posted February 4, 2018 Super User Posted February 4, 2018 4/0 is the largest I found also. Might consider something like lthis http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Mustad_Fastach_Worm_Weight/descpage-FOW.html Quote
Super User MassYak85 Posted February 4, 2018 Super User Posted February 4, 2018 Forgive my ignorance as I never use these, but why not just peg a bullet weight in front of an EWG hook? 3 Quote
NorthwestBasser Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 3 hours ago, MassYak85 said: Forgive my ignorance as I never use these, but why not just peg a bullet weight in front of an EWG hook? This is what I do, seems like it would be cheaper and way more customizable to me. Need smaller? Go smaller. Need bigger? Go bigger. Wanna add a skirt? Easy. 2 Quote
Super User MassYak85 Posted February 4, 2018 Super User Posted February 4, 2018 5 hours ago, NorthwestBasser said: This is what I do, seems like it would be cheaper and way more customizable to me. Need smaller? Go smaller. Need bigger? Go bigger. Wanna add a skirt? Easy. Fair enough. I would think having an infinite choice of weights and an infinite choice of hooks would be more customizable than having the two linked more or less but that's just me, do what works for you I guess. Quote
NorthwestBasser Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 16 hours ago, MassYak85 said: Fair enough. I would think having an infinite choice of weights and an infinite choice of hooks would be more customizable than having the two linked more or less but that's just me, do what works for you I guess. I think we're saying the same thing, i peg my weights, i dont use the hooks with an attatched weight. Quote
Super User MassYak85 Posted February 6, 2018 Super User Posted February 6, 2018 19 hours ago, NorthwestBasser said: I think we're saying the same thing, i peg my weights, i dont use the hooks with an attatched weight. Oh oop,s my bad, yea we're on the same page. For some reason I thought you were the OP. I took "This is what I do" to mean that you use the hooks the OP is inquiring about. Quote
Redfield38 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Posted February 21, 2018 I appreciate the comments and suggestions. I'm not the most experienced with fishing a texas rig, but it seems like the hooks with the weight built in don't get caught up on vegetation as easily. I haven't tried pegging the weight though, makes sense. 1 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted February 22, 2018 Super User Posted February 22, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 10:57 PM, MassYak85 said: Forgive my ignorance as I never use these, but why not just peg a bullet weight in front of an EWG hook? Simplicity, I like the Jobee style jigheads that way I don't have to worry with a popper stop, weight, hook as it is all in one. A lot quicker to tie and overall easier to use. Allen Quote
Super User MassYak85 Posted February 23, 2018 Super User Posted February 23, 2018 21 hours ago, Munkin said: Simplicity, I like the Jobee style jigheads that way I don't have to worry with a popper stop, weight, hook as it is all in one. A lot quicker to tie and overall easier to use. Allen Can't argue with ease of use. I guess I just prefer being able to choose my own hook and weight. I fish most of my worms on tungsten weights and straight shank hooks so these aren't very practical for me. Quote
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