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Advise on hooks and swivel for Orion BigFoot 140

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Paul Lee:
Thanks guys.  Much appreciate all the inputs and info.  I will test it out on my next popping trip.
Cheers and happy popping.

Sam Loh:
Hi Paul, just to share, I have a few success using only one Owner Super Mutu hook at the rear of stickbait without any hook on the belly. As such there won't be any hook fighting each other, stickbait tends to swim more natural, like any circle hook it is more safer on angler, easy on the catch and release as it always end up the the jaw side with 100% fish surviving rate because there won't be any hook swallowing or onto the belly. Also lesser hook off because it has an angle to it as compare to the usual round circle hook.

For the Bigfoot 140 I use the ring super mutu hook size 10/0. Give it a try and you will be surprised on the result

Cheers

Brandon Khoo:
Sam,this is new to me! You run a circle hook on a lure and you've had good success with this?
The way a circle hook works is that a fish actually swallows it and swims away. As it swims away the hook comes out and the angle of it lodges it in the corner of the mouth of the fish. I'm just wondering how this works with an artificial which the fish will release as soon as it realises it is not something to eat. I'm really intrigued by this.

Sam Loh:
By pure experiment I discovered using the super mutu hook during my first trip to Maldives. Initially it was all decoy treble hook but later I got very fustrated as l was loosing 70% of my fishes due to hook off because GT popping in Maldives required us to carry long distance sometime 100m hence the longer slack line and on top of that we all debarb our treble hook for safety reason - for both angler and fish.

Without thinking how the hooking mechanism I just rigged up a 8/0 owner super mutu hook at the rear of my tailwalk gunz 180 and a double hook at its belly. Upon the first strike a GT trearred off the double hook but subsquently I was able to landed 90% of my hook up, total 8 of various species of 3 are GTs within half a hour. Surprisingly all hook up were inside out with the debarb super mutu hook.

I landed a mackerel with the same setup on Orion crazy dog but added a baker on the belly. Again it was the mutu hook that penetrate its lower jaw and not the baker.

I have yet to try this setup on a popper but will certain give it a go next month to Maldives which I have loaded with all Super Mutu 8/0, 9/0 and 10/0 except treble hook. Understand how GT suck in from head down, will also try the head rigged method but with mutu.

Will share the outcome once back

Cheers

Sam Loh:
Feel that I have the obligation to be specific - I have only tried the Super Mutu Hook both with and without ring. I personally don't think any light gauge mutu hook can withstand the power of GT and I have yet to try the conventional round circle hook.

The mackerel I hooked up last Sep, I added a swivel at the rear of my Orion before connecting the super mutu hook. Even so I couldn't understand how it hooked onto the mackerel's center lower jaw inside out instead on the jaw side.

Sam

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