Hook up ratio on sluggos

[Clogston29]

steve probably has the most experience and hopefully he'll chime in, but I think that the rear hook is important, especially if you fish them relatively fast. it improves the action a bit. but more importantly I do find that I hook a pretty good percentage (around 25%) of my sluggo fish on the rear hook. the way I look at it, it can't hurt to have more hooks and you'll never know what you miss by not taking the time to rig them. why know, you may have missed a 50 the other night? probably not, but what if?

gut hooking them? never had that issue. were you fishing them really slow? the two hooks is probably less important when fishing them low and slow or with alot of pauses because the fish get a better shot at it.

[Mr. Sandman]

clog...nice avatar

[american spirit]

yeah, i fished em slow, with a twitch and pause. i let them drift a little in an outgoing current. i could see the hook, but i had to stick my hand way down fishes mouth to push the hook down and pull it out.

Originally Posted by Clogston29

gut hooking them? never had that issue. were you fishing them really slow? the two hooks is probably less important when fishing them low and slow or with alot of pauses because the fish get a better shot at it.

[JeffH]

I have used Sluggos fishing the Connecticut River spring run for well over 10 years. With moving current and the fish keying in on herring the hook-up ratio is high (70%) using just the hook that comes in the package. I also think reports of the inpackage hook being junk and prone to straightening is over stated as I have never had one straighten on fish into the high 30 lb range in heavy river current.

Funny as successful as I am with them in the spring I still dont use them much in the salt even with all the recent press regarding them.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by the_shocker

yeah, i fished em slow, with a twitch and pause. i let them drift a little in an outgoing current. i could see the hook, but i had to stick my hand way down fishes mouth to push the hook down and pull it out.

only one hook is needed when fished slow like that, either with or without a jighead

the 2 hooked rigged ones should be fished rapidly