Hooks

Fishing hooks are an essential accessory for peaceful fishing, and the right choice of hooks is also crucial for the final result. The right hook will determine whether the fish will bite, whether it will bite well and whether the hook will hold the fish.

A hook that is too thick or too big can lead to a poor bite, while a hook that is too thin or too small can affect the bite and the holding of the fish. How to find the happy medium? There is no single answer. There is the sport of angling and anglers look for the most suitable hooks for specific conditions, but there are too many conditions to find the right one for all time. That is the fascination of fishing, not only with hooks but with everything that revolves around fishing. The best bait becomes irrelevant after a year, the best spot becomes poor, the best lure becomes uninteresting. And so it is with hooks. Fishermen search for the best hook all their lives and most of the time their choice goes in circles. Well, it may not be possible to find the best hook, but more or less all fishermen find the right one.

Until recently, around 2010, the most popular hooks for bottom fishing in Lithuania were #6 or even bigger hooks, but nowadays it is rare to find a hook bigger than #10. This happened because amateur fishermen started to learn from sports fishermen and try to participate in some or other competitions and, if you don't want to, you start to reduce hooks and thin out the lines, when the fisherman next to you cheats you fivefold. And there is no miracle here, fish are naturally cautious and will not take or spit the bait when they feel threatened, and a bigger hook will always make the fish more suspicious, both visually and when they taste the bait. A larger hook is heavier, it is harder to lift off the bottom when the crucian is sucking up food, and the fish has to spread itself wider and gobble the bait more greedily in order to bite on a larger hook.

How to choose the right hook?

So the question for every beginner angler is probably what hook to use and where to start when looking for the right one. Probably the first piece of advice would be not to skimp. Poor hooks cost €1 for 10 pieces. Good hooks: 10 pieces cost €2, respectively €4 for 20 pieces. So you won't save much by choosing the cheapest hooks. We recommend to choose from manufacturers such as Gamakatsu or Owner. Hooks from this Japanese company are used by sport fishermen all over Europe and it's hard to find a better price-performance ratio. The famous brands in the feeder or float fishing industry also supply quality hooks to the market, but their price is higher than the big brands because they do not produce their own hooks, but only use their own brand name.

A few tips for choosing the right hook

Choose a hook not according to the fish you are going to catch, but according to the bait you are going to put on the hook. If you are fishing for bream with a worm cluster, choose a bigger hook. And if you are going to use 5 mosquito larvae or two pinfish as bait, the hook should be appropriately small: #12 or #14.
You can buy a wide variety of hooks from us online. We sell Cobra, Kamatsu, Fudo, Preston, Guru, Owner and Gamakatsu hooks.