Hook Brands-Your Opinion

[RUSSIAN]

Hi guys, I am wondering what kind of hook brands do you trust your fishing with. When ever my Dad and I get a fish that spits the hook, he is always on my case about not having any circle hooks. 'Oh why don't you have any circle hooks Anthony? If you did, we would have had that fish and known what it is.' Me: ' I do have circle hooks, only 6/0s.' Dad: 'Not good enough, we going to get a heap more, and of different sizes.'

Me: 'Fine, fine, but you're payin' ' So Dad and I are looking at some bulk value circle hook packs, and were wondering what brands you guys use. I have found a bulk pack of 100 for only about $15, which I find toooo cheap, as my 6/0 cirlce hooks I payed $25 for 50 (Gamakatsu brand). The link below will show you what I mean, and have found.
/>http://www.fishingtackleshop.com.au/products/Bulk-Sports-Circle-Fishing-Hooks-%252d-Bulk-lot-of-100-fishing-hooks-%252d-Black-Nickel.html

Your input would be greatly appriciated

Cheers Anthony

Ps- Dad is finally been out on a few dudes boat's and is actually now looking around for one! :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Baptism]

hey mate,

gamakatsu or owner hooks are great.

but I bought a bunch of 100 circle hooks off ebay and they work just as well.

only difference is the hooks are sometimes slightly misaligned from center.

still catches fish easy

[madmullet]

gamagasu, black magic and owners are great hooks, but if you want to to use heave tackle, i personally dont truct the smaller guage hooks as i have snaped alot while live baiting the bay and outside. try mustard precision cirle hooks if going to heave tackle

[dassa]

I personally like the owner hooks you can get them in the lighter gage for fishing the river as well as the heaver gage which are good for using large live baits out side for thing like KING's (yellow and black),big snapper and Samson fish or the like.

cheers dassa

[RUSSIAN]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Knowledged gained:

1. Must take into account the target species as it's no point using the smaller guage hooks for sharks and tuna, ect.

2. The good brands: Gamakatsu, Owner Hooks, Mustad and Black Magic.

Also, has anyone looked at the hooks the hooks that are attached to the link I have provided in my earlier post? If so, can someone comment and give their opinion if they are worth buying? Personaly, they look a bit cheap.....

Thanks

Cheers Anthony

[Do$tylz]

Decoy and Shogun also do great hooks. I know a pro that exclusively goes shogun for the heavy stuff.

no idea about the cheaper stuff mate.

[dhess]

Gamakatsu's for me. You can usually get them much cheaper than local retail on ebay.

[Jufish]

In the past i've bought bulk circle hooks online and haven't really seen anything wrong with them.

They are great value for money but don't expect them to be gammas.

They do what they're supposed to and i can't really fault them, however if you were targeting big fish i would always use owner or gamma just for that extra assurance.

From the link you've put up they seem to resemble black magic's KL circle hook design.

[RUSSIAN]

Thanks guys for replying. I really appriciate all of your knowledge and help! :woohoo:

Cheers Anthony

[sehrguht]

i dont trust the octopus circles from gamakatsu now that i straightened one on an 80cm jew. pretty sure it was a 6/0 or 7/0

The shogun mutu circles are tough imo, the Owners are reasonable but expensive.

I also got a ocuple packs of circles off ebay 100hooks for 5$ delivered if you bid at the right auction.

[RUSSIAN]

i dont trust the octopus circles from gamakatsu now that i straightened one on an 80cm jew. pretty sure it was a 6/0 or 7/0

The shogun mutu circles are tough imo, the Owners are reasonable but expensive.

I also got a ocuple packs of circles off ebay 100hooks for 5$ delivered if you bid at the right auction.

wow, I have never heard of a gamakatsu hook being straightend! Me and Dad have decided to get 1packet of those cheap hooks I have found and trial them. If they are any good, ee will get some more packets. cheers Anthony

[Binder4]

I prefer mustad wipe gape or Gamakatsu Shiners. The mustads you can pick up at Big W for $3 a pack, the shiners are hard to find but have a larger eye than the mustads.

I've also bought from the US on ebay, extremely good prices, good quality hooks, usually VMC or eagle claw. Buy generic ones on ebay as well, this bloke's australian, recently got 100 size 4 circle hooks delivered to the door for about $9. As good as any other hook to use.

/>http://stores.ebay.com.au/DAVIDS-FISHING-SELECTION?_trksid=p4340.l2563

[dhess]

i dont trust the octopus circles from gamakatsu now that i straightened one on an 80cm jew. pretty sure it was a 6/0 or 7/0

The shogun mutu circles are tough imo, the Owners are reasonable but expensive.

I also got a ocuple packs of circles off ebay 100hooks for 5$ delivered if you bid at the right auction.

Having read your account of straightening a gamma octopus circle earlier and am still amazed. Must have been a dud hook or hooked into bone in such a way that most of the force was in the direction of opening the gape. Have heard of this happening with heavy duty game fishing hooks.

I have landed some insane sized AJ's on octopus circles and the closest I got to straightening them was with locked up drags on 80lb braid. Ever so slightly opened. I am talking 30kg plus fish. Have battled plenty of 2m+ sharks in 80m deep water with heavy drag settings with no issues.

[billythakid]

mate i have bought these in 2/0 , 3/0 , 4/0 , 5/0 and 6/0 and all seem pretty good and strong

for the $10 bucks they will do the job

/>http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/50-DFS-Octopus-CIRCLE-Hook-Chemically-Sharp-size-4-0-/130605335548?pt=AU_Sport_Fishing_Tackle&hash=item1e68af43fc

[sehrguht]

I Still use the gamakastsu because a have a few, im jsut a little bit looser on the drag now, i tend to fish in openish waters anyway so a few extra metres lost is no biggy for me.

might rig some up on wire for sharks this summer and see how they fare.

[RUSSIAN]

Thanks everyone for your input and opinions, I have gained a lot of knowledge from this! And a big thankyou for the items you reccomended on ebay! Very MUCH appriciated! :woohoo:

Cheers Anthony

[rayke1938]

Bit off topic but was going through my old bream stuff the other day and found box of 100 Edgar Sealy French pattern size 1 hooks.

Sticker on side says " Len Butterworth Sports & Guns price 5 shillings.

Cheers

Ray

[Do$tylz]

5 shillings?? when was the last time a store sold anything in shillings?

[Jords]

5 shillings?? when was the last time a store sold anything in shillings?

'66?

[Baptism]

Bit off topic but was going through my old bream stuff the other day and found box of 100 Edgar Sealy French pattern size 1 hooks.

Sticker on side says " Len Butterworth Sports & Guns price 5 shillings.

Cheers

Ray

the 1800s called, they want their lingo back!

[plugger]

i use Decoy trebles for lures and Black magic for live baits etc..