Owner or Gamakatsu???????

[YellowFever858]

mustad, owner all good hooks. but i've turned many of my friends onto owner after they have tried using mine a few times.

[jorge91919]

For tuna, OWNER ringed super mutu my 2cts

[neue]

Owner and Gamakatsu are great hooks. I have my own fishing superstition which requires that I use fresh hooks on every fishing trip (always Gamakatsu). My son and I have won 20 jackpots in the last year, so it works for us (probably not just the hooks, but you know how superstitions work). I use the ringed hooks for live bait and the regular hooks for squid/shrimp (1/0 or 2/0, most often).

[reellady]

Owner hooks straighten out with cows, or they break ...... and there goes your cow........happened 5 times on last long range trip.

[eric harner]

Originally Posted by Jason

Mustad 94150 for everything.
Mustad Demon Offset for Circles.

X2

[eric harner]

Originally Posted by yessokk

DIttoDiTTo Dittttto.

Off shore on a 2 day and kept loosing bait, could not keep one on the hook.
Then I started looking at the barb on my 2/0 Owner and could not belive how small it was. I immediately switched back to my Eagle Claw 118MFG's and the problem stopped. After that day I went home and acutally and put a micormeter on the barb. The owner barb was protruding about half the distance of the Eagle Claw. I also like the Mustad 94150's

After that I started looking closely at the barbs of all the 2/0's I was
considering buying. The Mustad's , Eagle Claw's, Gamahatsu's and any other
brand that I looked at all had much better barbs then the Owner's. That was it, I trashed all the Owner's I had left. I could not keep my concience clear if I gave them to another off shore mate. The owner's will also cut an over sized hole upon penetration, take a look at the point it has side protrusions that cut a wider hole when penetrating making it easier to shake
the hook out due the the undersized barb.

As a side note on hook sharpness: Almost all hooks are adequately sharp out of the box some are just more adequate then others. Some times you have to hit them with a stone or file to get that fine point and that includes owner hooks.

Now if you really want sharp hooks take your hook and lightly drag it over
your thumb nail. If it just slides over it and does not stick your hook is
adequately sharp but not optimally sharp. That hook should stick in you
nail with no downward pressure. To get that perfect stick anything point
on your hook you have to sharpen them yourself.
The link below will take you to the promised land.
It's pricy I know, but my wonderful wife got
it for me as a birthday present.

Texas Tackle Home Page

Check out the link showing the microscopic pics of hook points.

I know a lot of you guys are very skilled with a stone or a file but if
you are a klutz like me this tool works wonders. I love it.

Walt

[eric harner]

Micormetor ?? Really ??? High tech sharpener......... Out of the box 94150's. I thought I had too much time on my hands !

[Rabid Fish]

Mustad for everything.

I'll use an owner in a heartbeat. I've used a lot of ga'tsus and they'll catch you fish fine, but a buck a hook? Fuck that. Also I've heard people say those cutting edge hooks wear a bigger hole in the fish's mouth and that can lead to lost fish, but that's all hearsay. I mostly have a problem with the cost.


NO RINGED HOOKS
NO BIG, HEAVY CIRCLE HOOKS
NO SUPER THIN WIRE CIRCLE HOOKS

I usually stick with Js but I'll use a circle, as long as it's not big and heavy or so thin it might straighten.


But to keep it short and sweet, go with a 2/0 mustad most of the time, go to 1/0 or 1 or even 2 if the bait is small and/or the fish are fussy and you're using light line.

[Mr. Ty]

It's the fisherman, not the hook. The best hook, is a free hook. I have caught big, small and in the middle fish on all of them. I carry all different brands in my box.

If I have my choice though I like to use:
Owner - Flyliner Hooks on the smaller side and Aki Twist hooks for the bigger side.

That is just my honest humble opinion though.

Good Luck!

[sushimi]

94150. classic and no hype or fancy marketing. just a solid well priced hook.