Weedless/brush hooks

[Cooter]

I've brought this up before but am always looking for new info. Over the course of a year I end up fishing brush a lot - usually crappies in the spring but also walleyes/bass throughout the summer. Most of the time I'm fishing a slip bobber/live bait rig. I've tried the Lindy no-snagg hooks with limited success - have trouble hooking up. I'm looking for a better alternative. Circle hooks are an idea, I have little experience with them, especially whether or not by design they are more snag resistant. Any help would be great, later.

[Wayne Ek]

Hi Cooter: Eagle Claw makes a weedless bait holder hook (449W). Matzuo makes a weedless wide gap hook. Owner and Gamakatsu both make a weedless wacky/drop shot hook. The only ones I've used are the Owner & Gamakatsu wacky/drop-shot hooks, both worked just fine for me.

[Cooter]

Agape - I took a look at some of them and am not sure if they'd be much of a crappie hook. I'm looking more at an octopus style hook in a small size such as #4 or 6, maybe as big as a #2. I'm a garden hackle type of guy!