Hooks for Plastics

jooleyen · 12-29-06, 02:56 PM

Hey all. I'm goin' to Bass Pro today. I'm gonna get some plastics and hooks. How can you tell what hooks you need for the plastic? By the length?

-Baby Paca Craw
-2.5" Gitzit Tube

Thanks-

Julien

Rebbasser · 12-29-06, 04:46 PM

Baby Paca craws-a 2/0 or 3/0 EWG hook. I use a 3/0

2.5" Gitzit-that's a small bait. I'd go with a 1/4 oz. jighead with a wire weedguard. If you go with a 3.5 or 4" I'd use a 2/0 EWG hook.

(EWG-Extra Wide Gap)

ToPwAt'R GuY · 12-29-06, 05:41 PM

For the baby pacas get 3/0 EWG hooks. For the tubes get 1/16 ounce to 1/4 ounce jigheads.

lizardsrule · 12-29-06, 09:03 PM

Man you guys use small hooks for those Baby Paca's. I use a 4/0 EWG Gammy and texpose it. Works much better on the hooksets IMO.

Lizards

jooleyen · 12-29-06, 11:44 PM

Thanks for all of your bait suggestions in earlier threads. I went and spent $50 with a gift card. I only had about 40 minutes to shop, so I was rushed. Here are pictures of what I bought: http://www.flickr.com/photos/74201270@N00/

Rebbasser · 12-29-06, 11:51 PM

Looks good, Jools!

jooleyen · 12-30-06, 12:02 AM

Thanks Reb. I feel good about what I chose.

I have a lot of chances to fish from the bank at my nearest lake, but not with a boat. I know that the bass go deeper in the winter. Would a bass wander off to shore in almost freezing weather? It's just a bad combination, because I can't fish the deep when the fish are deep.

Also, when rigging a jig with a chunk, do you just rig it in the middle of the chunk with the little bumps on the plastic facing toward the hook point?

12-29-06, 02:56 PM	#1
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Hooks for Plastics Hey all. I'm goin' to Bass Pro today. I'm gonna get some plastics and hooks. How can you tell what hooks you need for the plastic? By the length? -Baby Paca Craw -2.5" Gitzit Tube Thanks- Julien

12-29-06, 04:46 PM	#2
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Baby Paca craws-a 2/0 or 3/0 EWG hook. I use a 3/0 2.5" Gitzit-that's a small bait. I'd go with a 1/4 oz. jighead with a wire weedguard. If you go with a 3.5 or 4" I'd use a 2/0 EWG hook. (EWG-Extra Wide Gap) __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

12-29-06, 09:03 PM	#4
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Man you guys use small hooks for those Baby Paca's. I use a 4/0 EWG Gammy and texpose it. Works much better on the hooksets IMO. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

12-29-06, 11:51 PM	#6
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Looks good, Jools! __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

12-29-06, 05:41 PM	#3
ToPwAt'R GuY BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 930	For the baby pacas get 3/0 EWG hooks. For the tubes get 1/16 ounce to 1/4 ounce jigheads.

12-29-06, 11:44 PM	#5
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Thanks for all of your bait suggestions in earlier threads. I went and spent $50 with a gift card. I only had about 40 minutes to shop, so I was rushed. Here are pictures of what I bought: http://www.flickr.com/photos/74201270@N00/

12-30-06, 12:02 AM	#7
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	Thanks Reb. I feel good about what I chose. I have a lot of chances to fish from the bank at my nearest lake, but not with a boat. I know that the bass go deeper in the winter. Would a bass wander off to shore in almost freezing weather? It's just a bad combination, because I can't fish the deep when the fish are deep. Also, when rigging a jig with a chunk, do you just rig it in the middle of the chunk with the little bumps on the plastic facing toward the hook point?

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