I’m perusing Catfish Connection to make a stock-up order and I want some good cutbait hooks. What’s the concensus out there on the best hook for under 50 cents a hook? I tried the ultra-expensive Daiichi Chunk Lites and I like them, but is there something reliable for a more reasonable price?
I’m mainly throwing out one cutbait line while flatheading, or prior to going to a fully LIVE presentation and I’m not as interested in the channels as in the odd cutbait eating flathead, so I’ll probably be using a pretty sizable chunk of mooneye most of the time.
Last year I tried many hooks and had a pretty bad hookup ratio. One night I missed three great hits in a row (in about five minutes)on circles – the kind where the rod is bowing and drag is coming out and I grab the rod and promptly lose the fish. I don’t care if what I end up with is a circle or not – I just want the danged fish to stay on.