An Awesome Flathead Hook!

  • mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    May 22, 2012 at 1:55 pm #1070064

    Damn that picture is so big I poked my eye out looking at it!

    I must sue for 1 guided trip.

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    May 22, 2012 at 2:16 pm #1070073

    Pug,

    I would be willing to represent you in this manner, for a slight fee, of 50% of the take.

    OH!;”He#*,” I’d pay just about anything to see you two in the same boat.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60016
    May 22, 2012 at 2:22 pm #1070075

    Got my “point” across huh?

    smackem
    Iowa Marshall Co
    Posts: 956
    May 22, 2012 at 2:25 pm #1070076

    That’s one BIG hook

    bennyj
    sunrise mn
    Posts: 542
    May 22, 2012 at 2:57 pm #1070085

    actual size

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    May 22, 2012 at 3:09 pm #1070092

    Quote:

    Pug,
    I would be willing to represent you in this manner, for a slight fee, of 50% of the take.

    OH!;”He#*,” I’d pay just about anything to see you two in the same boat.

    I’ll film our next outing. I just need to trick him into thinking I already have plans so he will ask me if I want to go out fishing.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60016
    May 22, 2012 at 5:22 pm #1070132

    Justin, I used the 10/0 TC Super J’s last year. I felt they were too heavy for the bullheads and suckers (I use).

    This year I’m using the 8/0’s and they seem just right.

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    May 22, 2012 at 5:31 pm #1070139

    Hey Brian, how small do they make them? Thinking that design may be good with stink bait tube worms as well if they made 3/0 or 4/0.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60016
    May 22, 2012 at 5:49 pm #1070148

    6/0 was the smallest I’ve seen.

    My 2 cents for flathead hooks.

    Bigger is better (don’t get weight confused with bigger).
    Flats have a large mouth and using a bigger hook helps tip the odds of a hookup in your favor.

    Now before I get ripped apart, I know many many flats have been caught with #2 walleye size hooks.

    blakeb
    MN
    Posts: 36
    May 22, 2012 at 7:52 pm #1070205

    I had been fishing the Gama Big River hooks and really liked them for large size bullheads, But at two dollars a piece they were a pita to loose in snags. I recently visited 4seasons in Red Wing and had Chris show me the TC super J’s little bit better hook, WAY WAY better price. Iirc they had them at about a buck a piece. Pretty good deal.

    tccat
    Minneapolis, MN.
    Posts: 195
    May 22, 2012 at 8:16 pm #1070218

    Quote:

    I’ve used both the Gami Big River hook and the Team Catfish Super J. I’m sold on the TCSJ, the Big River is really only good for 10″ bullies IMO. This is coming from a guy who swore off Team Catfish hooks a few years ago.

    That’s because the TC hooks from a couple years ago were not good quality. I’ve used the new ones as well and they are much better. Sweet!!!

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    May 23, 2012 at 5:22 am #1070331

    Anyone field test these? It’s hard to tell without trying whether a hook will be prone to foulhooking the bait.

    I’m not a fan of heavy gauge hooks – hard to tell from the wall-sized photo what that gauge is like.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 60016
    May 23, 2012 at 11:54 am #1070352

    Matt, I used the 10/0’s last year. Too heavy for the size bullies/suckers we’re using.

    I switched up to the 8/0 this year and so far no foul hooking the bait. But then I hook the bait diagonally through the back which helps eliminate that problem in the first place.

    We’ve hooked a few in the teens and a couple in the twenties …then Ryans.

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