3 hooks

[Strike Zone]

Hi:
I was wondering if anyone has experimented with using three hooks in tandem below their lure. I thought about putting a 3rd hook about 3/4"
back as a trailer hook set up to catch some short biters. Any opinions on this? Thanks
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[dragonfly]

in oregon I don't think that is legel but I would check the reg.s

 

[Scrminbanshee]

I have but i didnt notice any big change in hook ups. Now if i set my drag nice and loose its game on!

 

[lowe1648mt]

Three hooks are not legal in Washington.

 

[SilverBullets]

3 hooks are allowed here but i wouldn't bother. On the tandem hook set-ups in my experience most are caught on the first hook anyway (the one closest to the lure) and the trailer sometimes gets embedded during the fight. Very rarely have i caught them on just the trailer. The only time i've used 3 hooks was when running a tandem hook lure off the downrigger and rigging up a small one hook spoon tied to 12" of leader to let slide down to the bow of the line.

 

[Scrminbanshee]

Three hooks are not legal in Washington.

You can fish with 3 hooks in wa. Page 16 of the regs in the top left. But like previously stated i just dont think that extra hook helps. Its seems like they hit that first hook and normally that second hook "gets in there like swim wear" during the fight.

 

[SuperD]

Oh how I wish I could go the other way and fish with only one hook. When I find fish that are willing to cooperate, all I want to do is get my rig back out in the water. The more hooks involved only seems to make the release process go up exponetially.

 

[smokepoles]

Super D, go for it!

I fish single hook spoons a great deal and found that the percent fish into net is at least as good as with a double rig found on most hoochies. Near the end of our trip to the Gorge last August, I switched to a single barbless hook on my hootchies and I really liked it. I used some #4 Mustad 92671 beak hooks that I happened to have in my tackle box, and I turned down the barb and bent up the eye with pliers for snelling. These have a bit longer shank than some octupus style and put the point at what I deemed a good position in the hoochie, and they are a fairly thick hook. We did not lose a fish boated among several 3 - 4 lb kokes hooked, and it sure was easy to remove the hooks from fish and net. In fact I would go so far to say that it is at least as effective as a double rig for the larger fish at the Gorge owing to less tearing because the single hook was larger and thicker than the normal Gamakatsu I had been using on the double rigs.

I plan on using single barbless more on my hoochie and apex rigs!

 

[Strike Zone]

Thank you all for your your input. I guess I will be tying up double hooks for now and see how that goes for me.
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[lowe1648mt]

I stand corrected on three hooks. I don't mind being wrong, I just Blame Old Age. Or maybe it was 2 hooks in the past.