What hook for a beaver style creature bait?

[swimjigboy]

Having trouble finding the right hook for beaver style soft plastics. Found a hook last that hardly ever lost a fish, but it rippid up the bait bad. It was a Matzuo hook that Walmart was clearancing out and it was actually really sharp and penetrated very easy. But I went through so many packs of creatures aday. Tried the true-turn hitch hiker wrapped around the top of a straight shank BPS flippin hook yesterday allday and when you catch a fish it ripped the bait off after 1 fish and I lost 3 fish yesterday on the hookset and/or the hook would fall out once the fish came in the boat. Still seaching!

[ryan_ekubass]

Having trouble finding the right hook for beaver style soft plastics. Found a hook last that hardly ever lost a fish, but it rippid up the bait bad. It was a Matzuo hook that Walmart was clearancing out and it was actually really sharp and penetrated very easy. But I went through so many packs of creatures aday. Tried the true-turn hitch hiker wrapped around the top of a straight shank BPS flippin hook yesterday allday and when you catch a fish it ripped the bait off after 1 fish and I lost 3 fish yesterday on the hookset and/or the hook would fall out once the fish came in the boat. Still seaching!

i use a 1/0 or 2/0 bass pro wide gap in mine and it does fine... but i wouldnt worry about ripping up the bait catching a fish cause i lose my plastics half the time anyways....

[sglass]

If you are talking about sweet beavers or similar type baits I have always used a gamakatsu #3 or #4 with the barb buried back into the bait to make it weedless. The top would rip off after a couple fish. I would bite the top part off that ripped and keep fishing with it until they tore it up all the way. They would tear it by throwing the bait all over the line while fighting. Hope this helps.

Shawn

[smljaw]

I like the wide gaps but also use a regular offset worm hook as well. Using a 2/0 or 3/0 regular offset seems to give the beaver a more natural look IMO. I also really like fishing a beaver with a 1/8 oz. stand up Chomper jighead. This jighead isn't great when you're fishing heavy cover but it works great around rock and/or grass.

[Shimano4Life]

Use a straight shank Reaction Innovations Big Mother Flippin (BMF) hook with the BMF Barb (shrink tube keeper you install to keep the bait in place). I know finding the BMF Barbs is tough, so if you can't find the BMFs, try the Roboworm Rebarb hooks.

[AJM]

On the small beavers i use a size 1, and maybe a 1/0 depending on where i am fishing. On the sweet beavers i like a 2/0 or 3/0. Extra wide gap hook, gamakatsu.

I second not worrying about them getting tore up, that is part of it.

[dabassking]

I just use a standard wide gap hook. When my plastic gets torn up i bite the head off like said previously or i just flip the bait over. The fish dont seem to mind either way.

[mhall]

Here's another way to rig them and nobody does this. Use a 1/4 to 5/16 ounce spot remover jig head with the screw threaded head. Thread it on and texpose the hook, fishes like a jig and can be deadly.

[DJD]

Here's another way to rig them and nobody does this. Use a 1/4 to 5/16 ounce spot remover jig head with the screw threaded head. Thread it on and texpose the hook, fishes like a jig and can be deadly.

Mark,
Now thats a good idea! I never tied that....kinda funny how we all get caught up in the standard setups huh?

[swimjigboy]

Mark,
Now thats a good idea! I never tied that....kinda funny how we all get caught up in the standard setups huh?

There is a jig head that I pick up at Cabin bait shop in kuttawa that is real good with baby brush hogs and baby paca crawls. You screw the bait onto the jig head and the hook is impressive looking. It even has eyes on the head which I really didn't care one way or the other. But it hold bait forever and great bite.

[UYKY]

do the same thing with a football screw lock head and really get some smallmouth!

[L'RaisinAngler31]

I use these for my creatures because the wide gap hook really helps out..
http://www.slongsfishinglures.com/shakey.htm