Heavy Cover Hook

[clayton86]

iv been using the gammy heavy cover worm hooks for some time now this season but they are hanging up alot it seems. I'm using them with havoc devil spears. Is there a trick to keeping to point bedded I always skin hook it but it pokes out and gets hung. I don't ever loose the hook it comes out with ease but requires me to bring the canoe right into the cover to poke it with the rod tip. I know J posted something about circle hooks but what size.

[Alpster]

My wide gap buddies will squeal, but I use Owner/Gammy 1/0 or 2/0 offset shank worm hooks in heavy cover. The narrower hooks come through thick stuff better. Bury the hook tip deep in the plastic. A new high quality hook will come right through the plastic on the hook set. JMHO

Ronnie

[clayton86]

Maybe I'm not putting enough plastic over the point its tough with rage craws though they rip to easy its my only downside for the rage craws

[Catt]

My wide gap buddies will squeal, but I use Owner/Gammy 1/0 or 2/0 offset shank worm hooks in heavy cover. The narrower hooks come through thick stuff better. Bury the hook tip deep in the plastic. A new high quality hook will come right through the plastic on the hook set. JMHO

Ronnie

Only hooks I use are straight shank round bend for thin plastic or offset round bend for thick plastic

[Sam]

Try the weedless hooks.

[RoLo]

Getting hung-up in cover is the result of a hook that broke out of its plastic cocoon, exposing the hook-point.

A lot will depend on the type of cover you're working, for instance, "bulrushes" are among the least forgiving plants.

A lot also depends on the 'stretchiness' of your main line. I use Superline braid (Fireline Tracer), so I bury the hook-point

as deep as possible and rarely Texpose or Texskin anything. Another important factor for negotiating dense cover

is the toughness of the plastic. For instance jelly-like plastics such as ElazTech, are an accident waiting to happen..

Prove it to yourself: rig a 3X plastic worm on your favorite hook and bury the hook-point as deep as possible.

Now press your finger down over the hook, and you'll be amazed at how little pressure is needed

to get pricked by the point. That's a simple yet direct way of assessing your lure's "weedlessness".

In brief, spool up with Superline braid, select a lure made of tough plastic and bury the hook-point in the core of the lure.

If there's only one guy on the lake who's able to fish in the heaviest weed-beds, you will be that guy

Roger

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[clayton86]

I'm running 17lb flouro and usually havoc spears for a bait its fairly tough I'll try a few things though to get it more weedless that or just use regular offset hooks

[tomustang]

One thing I'd like to try is using those rubber bands for braiding hair, and wrap that around the worn plastic and hook. Next time I go to the store I'm gonna try it

[Wisconsin Heat.]

I use superline offset EWGs, they work, i havnt used a straight shank yet, but I will try it soon, but theres nothing wrong with ewg's