Originally Posted by
SuperDaveMT
I've gone to a snelled double hook rig using a size 2 drop shot hook above a size 4 drop shot hook. I find most of the fish bite the #2, and often times the #4 swings around and hooks them in the side of the face. I think the thinner wire of the drop shot hook doesn't tear as big a hole, and the second hook penetrates easier. My hook to land ratio this year has been really good probably better than 80% for the year and 20 of the last 22 hooked. It may be that the fishing gods are just screwing with me and I may loose 20 of the next 25, but I'm sticking with the drop shot hooks until then. I use a rubber basket in my net so tangles there aren't much of an issue and I keep pretty much everything that goes in the net since the mortality on released kokanees is very high - even if you keep them in the water and don't touch them, the stress of fight in the warm surface water leads to the death of most released kokanee in the summer months.
Have you ever used the Mustad Double Wide Dropshot Hook? I was wondering if it works as well as the Gamakatsu Split Shot/Drop Shot Hooks; or better perhaps.
Old ('79) Chrysler tri-hull with Minn Kota bow mount and Penn manual downriggers.
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