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Hook Color for Specks
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:53 am
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:53 am
Hey guys, wanted to get your opinion on this. I'm starting to learn hard plastics and how to fish for larger speckled trout. The question I have is whether hook color matters.
For context, one thing I don't like about these types of lures is treble hooks. They get caught on everything, they are far more dangerous to me and people on my boat, and they absolutely tear the fish up.
So I'm switching to inline hooks, and when I do this, I could use silver-ish colors, red, or black.
But, does it even matter? Can I just go with cheapest option?
Thanks y'all!
For context, one thing I don't like about these types of lures is treble hooks. They get caught on everything, they are far more dangerous to me and people on my boat, and they absolutely tear the fish up.
So I'm switching to inline hooks, and when I do this, I could use silver-ish colors, red, or black.
But, does it even matter? Can I just go with cheapest option?
Thanks y'all!
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:45 am to catchyalater
I don't know that it matters very much. I always have good luck with gold hooks.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:55 am to catchyalater
I do not think the color makes a major difference. I will say if you are fishing saltwater the cheapest option is not going to be your best bet. My Dad calls the tremble hooks.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 12:13 pm to catchyalater
Worrying about hook color is a waste of time.
If the fish were that discerning, they wouldn’t hit something that only vaguely resembled something natural with hooks hanging off of it, at all.
If the fish were that discerning, they wouldn’t hit something that only vaguely resembled something natural with hooks hanging off of it, at all.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 12:42 pm to G2160
Yeah I'm over thinking it. Was thinking about barrel swivels where fish may hit the swivel, but in this case that'd only mean the fish would hit the hooks which isn't much of a problem.
Ahh what a couple hours of sleep will do to a brain.
Ahh what a couple hours of sleep will do to a brain.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 1:01 pm to catchyalater
I would worry more about what hooks hold up to rust. I’ve heard people recommend the red vmc for treble hooks that don’t rust as quickly.
Trout can be picky but not as much as tackle makers would like you to believe
Trout can be picky but not as much as tackle makers would like you to believe
Posted on 6/1/23 at 1:04 pm to catchyalater
It's Pride month, try the rainbow ones
Posted on 6/1/23 at 1:20 pm to catchyalater
Color doesn’t make a shite. Most important thing is one that’ll hold the plastic on there the best when ya getting bites.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:04 pm to catchyalater
I prefer plain lead head with gold hooks.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:35 pm to catchyalater
H&H gold hooks
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:42 pm to hall59tiger
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I would worry more about what hooks hold up to rust.
That's a really good point. Changing all these hooks out is a pain, don't want to have to do it several times a year.
I didn't get the red vmc but I got the black ones. Let's hope they hold up as well as the red ones.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:46 pm to catchyalater
For trout I like gold hooks but it probably does not matter the majority of the time.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 8:06 pm to iron banks
I still catch fish on antique yellow and white Boone Shad rigs. They have a dull galvanized hook. We don’t need to specialized stuff to catch fish.
No matter what color hook you use there is only one guarantee.
If it’s not in the water you won’t catch anything.
No matter what color hook you use there is only one guarantee.
If it’s not in the water you won’t catch anything.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:19 pm to catchyalater
Trebles have a lot higher hook up rate. That rate also applies to you, fellow boaters, carpet, nets, etc etc.
I don't blame you for swapping them
I don't blame you for swapping them
Posted on 6/3/23 at 4:17 pm to BoogaBear
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Trebles have a lot higher hook up rate. That rate also applies to you, fellow boaters, carpet, nets, etc etc.
My Dad used to say that if he fell out of an airplane he would rather have a MirroLure with three treble hooks than a parachute.
Posted on 6/3/23 at 4:49 pm to catchyalater
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But, does it even matter?
I don't think so. I like silver or red best
Posted on 6/3/23 at 5:22 pm to catchyalater
For bass (and I'd likewise assume trout but I've never seen actual footage to confirm) a different colored or even a feathered treble gives the fish something to key in on with topwater baits and can entice some hits vs just follows.
Posted on 6/3/23 at 8:30 pm to catchyalater
Today they were hitting yellow hook heads with lemon plastics. But I don’t think color matters that much. When they hit, they hit. When they don’t, blame it on the color.
Posted on 6/3/23 at 9:31 pm to catchyalater
Went on a trout charter years ago and he used black kale hooks and said he thought they worked better than silver but I’m not sold on it
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