Red hooks

[Chubminnow]

There's a million threads in the archives on this site so this may have already been discussed here...But anyway, what do you all think? On another website I check out there was a thread posted about replacing the treble hooks on a bait (any bait I guess) with hooks that are red...It sounded like most people change out the front hooks and not the back hooks...Has anyone around here (Kentucky) tried it? If so, could you tell a difference in your catch ratio?

[elnutsmalljaws]

I put red trebles on the front of all my crankbaits and silver buddies. Call it what you want but I believe I catch more fish with them than without them. Some say it imitates a "Bleeding" baitfish but I think it more represents the gills of a fish swimming buy than Blood. Just my opinion.

Tight Lines

[Danny]

I've done a lot of research about the red hooks. Red is the first color to disappear, and there is now even red line that claims fish can't see it. Seems a lot of misinformation out there.

Now what I did do is this, I put red hooks on several baits, crankbaits that is. On some I put them on the front, and on some I put them on the back. Now I can not tell you that I catch more fish on crankbaits with red hooks, as a study like that would require some type of control. Maybe someone fishing an identical set up as mine, and somehow making sure their retrieve is exactly the same as mine.

However, I will say that it seems I catch the most of the fish on the red hook on the bait. If the red hook is on the front, that seems to be the one in their mouth, and the same with when the red hook is on the back. What it has done is made me reach for the baits I have already added the red hooks to, before I use a bait with regular hooks.

Whether it gets more bites or not, I don't know. But, it has increased my confidence, and that alone, I believe, adds to more fish.

I have yet to try red hooks on my CR. I may try that this year. I fish a CR both shallow and deep.

Good luck,

Danny

[SSKY]

I agree with Danny, the red color is the first to go to gray with increasing depth. On the surface or to about 5 feet it may help but beyond that it likely makes no difference. A red snapper in the ocean is red so it cannot be seen at depth not so it can broadcast its location to predators.

[zx150]

I agree with Danny. But I have cought fish on a red hook when my partner has been using a regular hook. But, he has caught fish with a regular hook and I have not when using a red hook. But overall I feel that I have more success with a red hood than not.

[James]

I started fishing red hooks 3 years ago after a pro turned me on to them. If you get in my hook box, you will find anything from a size 1 up to a 5/0, all red. Cranks, tops, jerkbaits, etc, all red hooks! The year i went to them, i was outfishing my dad, and was doing this from the back of the boat. We actually started fishing the same baits, his with normal hooks and mine with red, and consistantly i was getting bit more. Something else i have noticed with any bait with the red hook is it seems that the bass really attack the bait, nearly attempting to finish the kill of the bleeding bait. I have had many more landed fish this past year and like one of the other posts, it always seems the red hook is the one that is hooked up.

I have used this texas, c-rig, drop shot, tubes, wouldnt think of turning back. At least until we come up with something else that catches more fish. LOL

Hope this helps!

James

[SSKY]

I also like the recent add for the red fishing line,that the fish cannot see it. It would be gray or black at depth not clear or unable to be seen. It would be equal to fireline at below 10 feet.

[mooseknuckle]

The "red hook" theory really does work. Example, me and a buddy went to Barren last year in April for those big hybrids. On the way down, I changed out all my crankbaits I was going to use, front and back, to #6's{gamakatsu). He did not. I caught 18 to his 4. It could have been a fluke, but, the next time we went down there, he had red hooks on, and we were close to even on fish. So, go figure. It gives me confidence, so, naturally, I will catch more.