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Fishing
Hooks
Basic Information
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Learn all about fishing hooks below. View different
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FISHING HOOKS
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ABOUT FISHING HOOKS
A fishing hook is a hook used to
catch fish. It may be barbed
or barbless. It is
usually attached
to a fishing line. In
general the hook is
concealed within the bait or
trailed closely behind or
within
the lure.
Ancient fishing hooks
were most often fashioned
from bone or wood. Steel
hooks, which
generally have an advantage
in the ability to pierce a
fish's mouth, later became
prevalent.
Modern fishing hooks are
usually barbed and are finished in
bronze or nickel plating or are
galvanized, and thus are bronze, silver
or matte grey in color. Hooks, of
course, exist in a range of graded,
numbered sizes for different fish (see
diagram). Several different hook shape
classes also exist
allowing for the differing dimensions of
a fish's mouth, and for the preferences
of an angler (see diagram).
New hook technologies now allow hooks to
be finished in a variety of colors
including red, black,
green, gold and pink, with red and black
finishes in particular becoming very
popular.
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Types of
Hooks
There is at least one known species of
fish which will bite a bare hook if it
is colored, Sockeye salmon. Taking this
a step further are Piranhas, Gar, Pikes
(needle fish) and Mackerel; these will
bite any bare hook if it is moving,
probably being attracted by the
flashing of the hook's metal resembling
little prey fish, thus functioning in a manner similar to that of the spoon
lure.
Often it is desirable for a
fish, having been caught, to be
released. Barbless hooks (usually
created by crushing
barbs
flat with needle-nosed pliers) are often
used to aid the release of fish. If a
hook has been swallowed deeply by
a
fish, it should not be attempted to
remove the hook. The line should be cut as close to the hook as possible, or if
possible the hook itself cut close to
the barb, and the fish released. The
metal hook is thought to gradually
corrode away in the water.
Fishing with a hook, line and rod is
called angling. Long-line fishing is a
commercial fishing technique that uses
hundreds or even thousands of
baited hooks hanging from a single line.
One of the worlds largest manufacturers
of fishing hooks is
Mustad.
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