My buddy found this at the family cabin. Doesn’t recognize it. He’s in his 70’s, and it was his dads who owned a sporting goods store. Not sure if it’s a special hook. Or part of a lure or something.
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It’s for hanging big dead bait like ciscoes under a tip up. Still made and used today
I’ve used these for northern fishing and tip it with dead smelt.
I was close. I guessed some sort of sucker rig. Thanks!!!
Smelt hook for northern fishing and you can’t find them anymore.
My dad called them swedish hooks.
Also illegal in Wisconsin and maybe in other states.
My dad called them swedish hooks.
Also illegal in Wisconsin and maybe in other states.
Illegal in WI????? Got proof? Never heard that. Not in Regs.
We always called them Smelt Hooks.
Ummmm… that’s a Subway wrapper 
Ummmm… that’s a Subway wrapper
That hook has about as much meat on it, as the last sandwich I got from Subway.
My dad called them swedish hooks.
Also illegal in Wisconsin and maybe in other states.
There is nothing in the regulations mentioning anything about them??
Where are you coming up with that?
I’ve only used them a couple times myself. The nice thing about them is they’ll hold a dead bait horizonal with the belly down (with a quick-strike rig you often need to pop the air bladder and pull the guts to get them to stay belly down)
That said, I’ve caught pike with belly up dead bait too. When you think about it, it’s the natural position for a dead fish and they’re used to seeing that as well when cruising just under the ice eating dead stuff.
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