How small do you go?

[Kine262]

With hooks?

I tend to go down to 1/0 when I'm flattie fishing but after some threads I have read on here I'm beginning to think I should be going smaller still.

How small do you go? (Sea fishing only)

 

[richtic]

Size 6 is what i use for all my bream and mackerel fishing off my boat locally, i also use the same rigs up in Scotland off the rocks for coley, might sound silly but really does the business for coley when i go to Scotland, Fish a perk on the point followed by 4 size 6 sabiki, we get Pollock hit the perk and coley hit the sabikis, sometimes full strings, absolutely mental, End of May beginning of June off the point at Carradale is bonkers, been last 5 years

 

[Ollieollie]

As rich says all the way down to a 6

 

[Mr Fish]

Size 4 is the smallest I go for sole.

 

[bacon]

4 or 6 for sole, 1s for flounder usually. But I have caught flounder on 3/0 pennel rigs for cod loaded with rag worm! it was half decent at 1lb 9oz mind you, but still, they don't mind a decent hook.

Not caught a sole before though so don't take any advice from me

 

[Valleyboy]

Depends a lot on the bait . Will go down to size 6 but more than happy to use size 2's for single worm or small sandeels. Crab has been "hair rigged" under size 2 or 1 semis instead of on 3/0s for a few years now. No need to use big hooks a lot of the time

 

[Mike hemming]

Size 4 circle hooks about as low as I can go ,cant get my fingers to grip anything smaller

 

[Si-fly]

Mostly 3/0 and up. But on the species trips .... 6-22 ?. Need glasses to see those these days... Pita that is

 

[Warby72]

#8 for mullet if I'm using bread but I have been down to #14 if I'm fly fishing for them.

 

[Rockhopper]

Size 4 the smallest I go,large cod baits a 6/0 4/0 pennel

 

[Shirleycodlin]

4 or 6 sole

 

[Mr Fish]

4 or 6 sole

Girly feet! ????

 

[bananas]

Depends what im after, 1 to 4/0s for bigger fish, 2-6 for smaller things, then down to a pretied size22 for the minis, flatties tend to use 4-6 for them

 

[Jonah]

4/0

 

[VooDooMan 2]

size 2 circle hooks for me ,usually used when fishing for flounder on my local surf beach with maddies as bait.

Only problem was this 8.5 lbs lady fancied them instead . She sucked the bait right in and the small hook snagged on the guts .

 

[Ivry dug huz it day]

cracking catch, well done.

cheers
Jamie

size 2 circle hooks for me ,usually used when fishing for flounder on my local surf beach with maddies as bait.
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Only problem was this 8.5 lbs lady fancied them instead . She sucked the bait right in and the small hook snagged on the guts .

 

[SteveT]

Depends a lot on the bait . Will go down to size 6 but more than happy to use size 2's for single worm or small sandeels. Crab has been "hair rigged" under size 2 or 1 semis instead of on 3/0s for a few years now. No need to use big hooks a lot of the time
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I like that idea for crab, just to clarify, the crab slides on the telephone wire and the hook tied as normal?

 

[SteveT]

I go through 6/0 & 8/0 like they are going out of fasion for pennel uptiding (most of my fishing) but often use 4/0 for the top, smallest in my box would be size1 fine wire for flatties. Apart from that if species fishing in Ireland they get tiny (size 6) but I reffer to my fellow shipmates there as species fishing minis etc is all new to me

 

[Valleyboy]

I like that idea for crab, just to clarify, the crab slides on the telephone wire and the hook tied as normal?

yeah just push the wire through the crab, fold back over and whip on. with elastic.

 

[Beach]

With hooks?

I tend to go down to 1/0 when I'm flattie fishing but after some threads I have read on here I'm beginning to think I should be going smaller still.

How small do you go? (Sea fishing only)

I tend to use either size 4 or 6 for flatties (plaice/dabs/flounders) seems to work just fine for me. For skate I use a 4/0 with large baits.