Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
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Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
Here is a gentleman with good info- straight shank vs wide gap hooks:
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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
I would first start with a little larger hook...........than the ones that @McFish gave you.

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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
You've got too much common sense to fish it like that, even if nobody told you. ;/)
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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
Enjoyed your video Michael…….and hope you know I was just kidding around with Fisheromen as we both know he has too much common sense to use that tiny of a hook. Now when it comes to McFish ……well it does like using tiny tiny robo worms…. Ha ha 
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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
Skin hook is when the barb just goes in as far as the point. Flesh hook is past the barb. Skin hook is definitely better than flesh hook.
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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
I like that video w the smaller straight hook, skin hooked on the side of the worm. Smaller hook, less visible, and when the fish takes it, there's not a big wad of plastic in the gap of the hook. Gonna try that on the creek with small worms, to see if it'll get more hookups on bluegill and green sunfish.
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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
The only problem with skin hooking small worms on the side is that it can put a funky bend in the worm..some fish might like that, most not crazy about it!
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Re: Advice to beginners on hooking plastics
I dunno, I'm in the same boat as Fisheromen, literally and figuratively, they don't seem to like our presentations no matter how they're presented. ;/)
J?K, they like HIS just fine. ;/0
J?K, they like HIS just fine. ;/0
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