holding bait on hooks

[Boar]

On holding bait on hook/hooks due to the sausage problem on the tenneseans topic, up at selkirk where it's legal in manitoba we used those two pronged mustads hooks that have that 2-3" shank that clips on, we were using frozen creek chubs that would quickly get mushy, but that shank held the bait some times up to three fish. I plan on using them here from now on but of course with a spinner or a bead to keep it leagal. But they held the bait better and had more hook sets over kahls and a a regular eagle claw did'nt have any octopus hooks though but was impressed with the performance mustads. Any one ever use mustads, likes and dislikes?

[Guest]

I have used them on salamanders and frogs, not on cut-baits though. They work well on frogs hooked through the [PoorWordUsage]per, or by the snoot.

The problem is I found they find more snags then a single shank hook. Same with trebles for cats, not a big fan of trebles on cat rigs if at all possible I avoid them.

Boar take a look at the new Gamakatsu G-Sting once. They are easy to add on as a stinger and some have a reverse barb designed to hold baits better. Great hooks, they are octopus style circles.

The tiny #4 & #6 G-Stings are awesome on Goldeye rigged below a Angel Eye Jr spoon. I pop off the split ring and treble and add the G-Sting and a chunk of crawler, they seldom tangle. A very handy system for walleye, bass, crappie, gills, and perch. They come is sizes large enough for most anything you can rig for.

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Ed "Backwater Eddy" Carlson

Backwater Guiding "ED on the RED"

[Sturgeon46]

Curing cutbait in rock salt/brown sugar and/or other "magic" ingredients toughens it.