What are you guys using for shark hooks?

[ryan c]

I read a reply to a thread earlier this week where someone mentioned switching from a circle hook to a J hook and losing a mako when it rolled.

Having read that I want to switch from what I'm using. (mustad 7691's and jobus) What are you guys using that will keep a mako buttoned up without breaking the bank when cutting them off on 10 blues per trip?

Just wondering.

[SaltyDog]

ARC Big Game dehooker is $50. Pack of 100 circle hooks is $50. So for a total of $100 you will never have to buy a hook again.

[ryan c]

I have the small arc dehooker and truthfully im not impressed with it at all.

But i'm curious which hooks your talking about. At $0.50 a piece I wont mind snipping those off if they're quality.

[iguana1]

I use used live bait tuna hooks - Charlie Brown circles

[Deep C]

I seldom use circles on mako... Not sayin never but seldom... The hooks we use most often are my retired marlin hooks. We change em every few days in the Bahamas and usually have a pretty good pile built up. Most are J style from our lures but some circles from the meat collection during tournies wind up in there too...
Though we have a fair supply of them , as you mentioned even a lot sometimes isn't enough. So we suppliment with mustads ol trusty 3407 SSD. Cheap, strong enough to tow a truck, easy to sink and we seldom lose a fish that actually has the hook sink in it. I have a billy black de hooker and it works on the ones we hook in the mouth... Gut hooked though we usually just give up the steel. Do more damage to them trying to get it out that the hook will.
A lot of people get all jump about "gut hooked". Think about what fish eat... Bones, spines, spikes, bills, etc... A hook by itself is just another irritant. Its while its being pulled on that its something special. So try to make it quick whatever it is youre gonna do.

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

11/0 7699D CANT GO WRONG, YOU KNOW WHO WILL SWIM BY WHEN YOU DECIDE TO USE A CHEAP HOOK




GOOD LUCK

[sears720]

Not a shark expert....but, I am a huge fan of needle eye mustads. I do think needle eye hooks have a better hook-up ratio verses any other hook with a large eye.

The needle eye seems to slide easier through teeth and grab instead of the shark having to have some space between their jaws. They are slightly weaker....but seem to hold up.

-Taylor

[Captain Greg Sears]

A sharp one....LOL.

Although I buy Long Shank 12/O Mustad cheap when you are cutting a lot of sharks off .. never lost a shark because of the hook.. Most are lost do to tail in the line or wrapping until they get in main line.

[sportsman250]

the mustad 12/0 non stainless hooks Belsan sells are a buck ea and hold up for me, I don't button down the drag tho w/ sharks tho.

[Deep C]

Like I said above the 34067SSd gets the nod in 8/0-9/0-10/0... No need to go to the ssd extra strength when bigger and the 3407 plain in 12/ 0 works well.
These hooks run from like 24 cents each in bulk for the 8/0 to around 70 cents on the 12/0. Those models are commonly found on the "rigged baits" you can buy from finer places.

I see needle eye mentioned above. Another good choice. 3412 being a good choice that won't break the bank...