FISHING HOOKS EXPLAINED! HOW TO CHOOSE The BEST FISHING HOOKS For BASS FISHING and MORE - KastKing

you can see a number 1 is still smaller than a one off circle J worm kale flipping punching what she what size can you use octopus hooks for anything other than octopuses that is a massive pig [Applause] cottage and oh my god that hunk of raiding the queries mouth look at the size of this fish circle J were kale flippin punching what she what size can you use octopus hooks for anything other than octopuses when it comes to the world of hooks there's so many questions so how do you know which hook is best for you don't worry guys that's what I'm here for I'm gonna break it all down the whole wide world of hooks everything you need to know from shape size what hook works where and ultimately what hook is the best hook for you today on captain's corner [Music] that's right guys when it comes to the wide world of hooks things can get a little confusing you wander down any one of your local tackle shops or big-box stores and there's an entire row dedicated to just hooks and unless you have years and years of experience it can be pretty daunting on knowing what hook is best for whatever application you're looking for now I realize not everybody is on the same level when it comes to experience or knowledge of fishing and some of you more advanced viewers might find this video a little bit easy but I know from the questions you all send in a lot of you have questions when it comes to hooks so that's what we're gonna do today I'm gonna break down everything you need to know about fishing hooks what are the different sizes what are the different shapes and what are the different applications all the information you need to know to iron yourself with more knowledge the next time you go fishing there are literally dozens of styles of hooks and they come in all different shapes and all different sizes so to really give the true understanding of what makes a fishing hook a fishing hook first let's go over the parts of a fishing hook up near the top that little loop that you tie your line to that's called the eye running down the back end of the hook that's called the shank downward bends you guessed it the bend and that sharp bit right at the end here that's the point just under the point you'll usually find a barb that barb is what helps hold that hook in the fish's mouth and not allowed to pull back out too easily and one of the most important factors is the distance between the shank and the point of the hook they call that the gap this may seem pretty basic through a lot but you'll be surprised a lot of people don't know the proper terminology when they're talking about it one of the biggest questions and I think where people get most confused is the sizing of hooks there's basically only two formats to sizing hooks numbers and oughts kind of a funny word I know I don't who came up with it if it was somebody named ah and AH is the line between two numbers 1 / 0 1 4 / 0 for I and numbers that's fairly simple 32 all the way to 1 and I think this is where it can get pretty confusing for a lot of folks out there when you're talking about numbers and sizing though books the higher the number the smaller the hook the lower the number the bigger the hook number one being the biggest hook available in the number sizing now op sizing that starts at 1 and goes all the way up a one-out look is smaller they have a 2006 off hook is bigger then a 3 op hook it took me a bit to get that - the bigger the number the smaller it is smaller the number the bigger it is arts are pretty simple the lower the number the smaller and the bigger the number the bigger that seems to make a lot of sense to me looking at a chart like this you can really get the idea number 8 hooks all the way up to number one hooks you can see how they grow for being bigger than the 5 3 being bigger than the 4 to being bigger than the 3 and 1 being the biggest out of all those putting them side-by-side in a chart like this you can see a number 1 is still smaller than a one-off number sizing ends at 1 and off sizing starts at 1 a number one is just smaller than a one off kuat is bigger than 1 up 3 is bigger than 2 up 4 out is bigger than 3 up and so on and so forth all the way up you're standing there store and you're looking at a mall side-by-side sometimes it's a little difficult to see the difference between a 1 and a 1 ah well now hopefully after watching this video you realize number sizing is smaller than hot sizing another way to judge the size of a hook is the gauge the gauge is actually very simple it all has to do with the wire of the the size of the wire a smaller gauge will be a thinner wire the bigger the gauge the thicker the wire is gonna be the gauge of the hook is very important when it comes to the style of fish you're gonna be doing a thinner gauge hook is much more suited to more finesse fishing later lines later rods and later color and things you're gonna be fishing in thinner gauge or later wire hooks penetrate a fish's mouth much easier than a heavier gauge hook so you don't need the heavier gear to use a thinner gauge hook in fact if you use to heavier gear having braided line or a really stiff rod chances are you're gonna bend that hook out when you make that hook set and it weighs a lot less with bigger gear like stiffer rods or heavier in line it's pretty hard to cast little light wire hooks a bigger gauge or thicker wired hook requires more force on a hook set to give that thicker wire to penetrate through the fish's mouth it's gonna be much better suited for bigger gear bigger gauge hooks or thicker wire heavier wire hooks are obviously much better when it comes to fishing heavy cover when you're fishing in a lot of grass a lot of weeds sticks logs even rocks a thicker wire hook isn't gonna Bend as much when you do get hooked up making it stronger and easier to pull out of all that heavy cover when I'm trying to guess the gauge of a hook I'm going by those same rules if I got lighter conditions that I'm fishing on fishermen lighter line and I'm fishing with lighter gear I'm going to fish with a lighter wire or a smaller gauge if I'm fishing in heavier cover if I'm fishing with heavier gear and I'm fishing with heavier line I need a heavier or thicker gauge cook pretty simple when you think about it like that sink of those three conditions how heavy or thick is the cover you're fishing how heavy or thick is the you're gonna be using and how heavy or strong is the gear you're using judging the gauge you hook to those three factors will really help you decide what thickness or gauge hook you need now let's go over a couple of the styles of hooks first and the most common style hook you're gonna find is your standard G hook it's pretty easy to see how a genie book got its name a straight long shank bending around in the shape of a J J hooks come in all different sizes but the shape stays the same no matter what size it is J hooks make fantastic hooks for just about any application you can do a lot of artificials with J hooks and they work very well for live bait and other beat situations an important thing to notice on a J hook is the point of the hook it's straight just like the shank of the hook a very common G hook that you see is a hook like this it's a flipping hook or a punching hook it has a little bit keeper on it and flipping hooks and punching hooks are made to hold soft plastics while you flip them into heavy cover flipping hooks and punching hooks having much thicker gauge to them they're a much stronger cook heavier wider for heavier cover now here's another Gina that's got a medium thickness when it comes to the wire and the gauge that little keeper right there holds your soft plastic in place and being a thinner gauge or a thinner Wired hook this one's going to do better on later soft plastics and thinner stock plastics or anything that's got a smaller profile the next style of hook is gonna be the circle hook now you can clearly see where circle hooks give their name their shape much more like a circle the shape of the hook is rounded and bent but the most important feature of a circle hook is the point of the hook the point of a circle hook is bent almost to a 90-degree angle pointing directly in to the shank of the hook the real advantage to circle hooks is fishing with beat or light beat the design of a circle hook is designed so you don't need to set the hook as pressure is applied by reeling your lineman the point of the hook stabs in and rotates around naturally hooking the fish almost every time right in the corner of the fish's mouth because of the shorter shank of a circle hook and the design of them they're much safer hooks when you're talking about fishing with B there's much less of a chance of the fish swallowing this hook and getting gut-hooked circle hooks are also very strong it's very hard to bend out a circle hook to remove a circle hook from a fish's mouth you have to twist it back around the other way it makes it very hard for the fish to spin a circle hook once they're hooked they're stuck it's very hard for them to get off of that hook circle hooks are generally the preferred hook for bait fisherman because of their strength because of the ease of hooking because of the safe way it treats the fish every manufacturer has their own style of circles but the key features are the roundness of the shank and the 90 degree bend in the point of the hook no doubt circle hooks are one of the most common and most popular hooks for bait choosing the size of your circle hook has a lot to do with the size of your feet that you're using and the size of the mouth of the fish you're fishing for the next style of hook I want to talk about isn't octopus hook and no don't let the name fool you these are not for catching octopus I don't really know where the name came from I'm sure you can google it and find out what octopus hooks are a great versatile hook they're almost a blend between a circle hook and a jade look traditionally octopus hooks have a shorter shank on them the eye of the hook is bent out at a 45 degree but the point is straight like a j-hook ah those folks make great big books but they also make great artificial hooks especially when you're talking about presentations that are a little more finesse like a drop shot or a wacky rig octopus hooks provide a small hook with a lot of strength even a smaller or thinner wired octopus hook is gonna have a lot of strength it's harder to bend that small hook then a long street chain took wood or a traditional gay book even a smaller octopus hook can still handle a much larger fish that makes octopus hooks a great choice for both beat in artificial lures and next the kale hook a kale hook is primarily a live bait hook it is a unique hook that it sells very well when using live beat the shape and the design pulls onto that live bait very very well and also has a very good way of hooking thicker lip and bigger mouth fish when you're using big live bait kale hooks can be one of the best hooks on the market a kale hook starts with a street shank going straight down from the eye and then arcing before it comes to the bend leading to a straight point kale hooks also have what's known as an offset point it bends off to one side this offset hook point really helps when it comes to hook sets and also holding on to that squirming swimming live bait kale hooks come in a large variety of sizes and you want to adjust the size of your kill hook to the size of the live bait you're using whether you're hooking a kill hook through the nose through the back or you need a tail of your live bait the wide gap in the shank and the bend of the hook creates a nice cozy pocket the whole tight to your life eight kale hooks generally have a thinner gauge wire to them as well which makes them a lot lighter and a lot easier for any light beat to be able to swim around freely unhindered by the weight of a hook you can get away with a bigger hook being later using a kill hook it'll penetrate deeper inside of the mouth more into the cheek of the fish and being a thinner wire and a thinner gauge it penetrates through the harder bone a lot easier than the thicker of gauge of a circle of tail hooks make an excellent option for live bait especially when you're talking about larger fish with larger mouth and thicker lips they also make great live bait hooks when you're talking about predatory fish with teeth there's a lot more shank to that hook rather than a circle hook that has a short shank and can result in too thick critters biting at the line rather than onto the shank of the hook no matter how you break it down kale hooks are a true live bait hook next is the worm hooked the worm did not get his name from using beat like first limbs they got your name from soft plastics like rubber ones and as you can see here there's actually two styles of worm hooks worm looks are primarily used by freshwater fishermen and they are almost exclusively used for soft plastics any kind of soft plastic artificial lure is what these hooks were made for the most notable feature of any worm look is the bend right below the eye that's called the keeper by creating that bend it holds on to your soft plastic and helps to stop that soft plastic from sliding down the hook and balling up when you're retrieving it hooks like this are most commonly used on certain reading styles of soft plastics like Texas rigs or Carolina rigs it makes a fantastic hook for soft plastics because it does hold on to them better but it also makes it so you can rig your soft plastics weedless this style of warm hooks is most often known as either a straight shank or a round been ramped up the straight shanked style of this worm what makes it suited much better you're smaller or thinner profile soft plastics the other version of one of us has a very noticeable bend or arc in the shank of that hook that creates a bigger gap between the point of the hook and the shank of the hook this style of hook is generally known as a wide gap or even ewg extra wide gap warm-ups this style of warm hook is going to be much better suited to your heavier body thicker body soft plastics having that extra Bend and that bigger gap allows more hook to come through the whole body over that soft plastic to get much better hook sets and hold onto the fish a lot better deciding which style of warm hook is best for you is going to depend entirely on what plastics you're using them on worm hooks whether a strange shank or extra wide gap XL when it comes to artificial soft plastic lures and finally the last hook we're going to talk about is known as a swimbait hook swimbait hooks are designed primarily for swim baits soft plastic paddle tail swim baits they can really be used for almost any soft plastic application they do a very good job of balancing out soft plastics to keep them running straight up and down they generally will have a screw lock keeper that twists into the nose and over your soft plastic and they create a very reason Asst presentation noticeable characteristics of swim bait hooks the ID of the hook is in line with the shank of the hook right behind the eye is a bend to the hook before it reaches the shank then a fairly straight long shank leading to a wide gap to be able to fit the heavier thicker bodies of swim baits and other soft plastic lures very often you will see a weight somewhere on the shank of that hook it acts as a keel keeping that bait straight up and down so it doesn't twist from side to side or even rollover hanging from the eye the hook is a screw that screw will screw directly into the nose of the beep holding it very very firm and allowing it to swing on the hook when a fish bites the plastic pushes down and the big wide gap hook sticks up to grab firmly into that fish's mouth swim bait hooks are generally a thicker gauge and a thicker wire all together they're a heavy hook and they're best suited for fishing with heavy gear there is a variety of soft plastics you can fish on these and of course paddle tail swim baits work famously well on them swim bait hooks make a great addition to any artificial soft plastic fisherman's Arsenal so there you have it with so many options and varieties of hooks out there it's no wonder a lot of us find it pretty confusing but hopefully now you have a much better understanding on the sizes of hooks the shaves the hooks and primarily what each hook is used for and hopefully next time you go shopping for some new fishing hooks you're armed with a little bit more knowledge on what you're actually looking at in the store well guys I really hope this helps you and I hope you learned a little something if you did make sure you smash the heck out of that like button and leave a comment uh anything else you'd like to see us film we'll do our very best to make a video out of each and every one of those but most importantly subscribe to the channel and make sure you 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Published: Thu Jan 30 2020