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With the price of inshore lures nowadays, its time clean up some of my old rusty skitter walks. Ive tried this before and was never satisfied with the hooks i chose. Anyone here settled on a preference? Thanks

Tres

Good question. I'm interested in other's opinion on this too.

oxbeast1210

I ordered some from eBay pretty happy with em just redid most my lures size 6 trebles don't remember the brand

PennFish

I like wide gap hooks, most company's now days put out a wide gap 2X red wire hook. For most lures I keep the same size except with the Mirrodines then I'll go one size bigger.

Chris V

For most of my trout plugs I like a #2, 4X Mustad in Black nickel. I can't remember the model # off the top of my head but they are labeled as kingfish trebles and are a lighter wire. They are very corrosion resistant and don't rust nearly as bad as other highly touted, more expensive ones. A box of 25 will set you back about 14-15 bucks.

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Weaver Brown

Heard an inshore guide speak at a dinner last Spring. Don't remember his name. Anyway he said when he replaces hooks he discards the front hook and only replaces the middle and rear hooks. He said he puts one size larger hook on the rear than is in the middle. He said specks and reds are "ambush predators" and attack from the rear. What ever.

jackstraw

trout definately hit the bait right in the head. reds, just pounce with no regard to front or back. on mirrorlures, i replace with a good hook in the same size (mustad, owner, etc) but what helps me is to add a small split ring. i don't like how the hooks are mounted out of the box on mirrolures.

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Chris V

I think it is the general idea that almost all fish are ambush predators but if you watch a speck attack a bait, its usually from underneath or headfirst. I used to try different hook sets and have removed the front hook, rear hook, etc. The best hookup rate I think I ever got with this was a single hook in the belly. That was on Rat-l-traps, mirrodines and rapala shad raps.

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lobsterman

I love the VMC 9626 ps in proper size to match. They are sharp and they are strong and their tinned to last a while.

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