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Sunday, 2 of us launched around noon and fished at Port of Indiana. Our plan was US steel however a boat came in and he said he limited out in the morning in less then 2 hours at the Port. We were the only boat caught 10 coho and released 2 browns about 6 lbs each. We were done in about 3 hours. Had about 15 hits that we missed. Used small body baits such as Thin Fins and size 7 Raps, any recommendation in type and size of hooks to improve hook up %.


At the dock a boat had a couple of Cohos and then he switched to Crappie which he caught at the 1 st Y in the ditch

Bruce

Thundercat wrote:

any recommendation in type and size of hooks to improve hook up %.

Anything sharp. I've never felt the need to replace the factory my hooks on my Rapalas they are pretty sturdy in my opinion. For body baits make sure it's a short shank treble. Something sturdy too, no thin wire hooks.

I've also never changed any of my "factory" hooks out. I've taken the sharpener to a few baits that have been thrashed pretty good. We only had one shake-off on Sunday. At least that we saw.

There are hooks out there that are "over bent" meaning they are J shaped no more. I think the style is referred to as "barbarian". The ones I have are very sharp and are a forged hook making them bend resistant. The hook almost functions like a circle hook. Makes the hook very tough to throw.