Hi,

Do small pond fishing in Mass.

Was thinking about "nose hooking" them, which I've never tried.

Small size Crappies, etc.

Most of the plastic worms and Craws I use are on the small size, perhaps 3-1/2 or so.

Question:

When using plastic worms like the Senkos, or plastic Crawdads, do you folks advise

using the offset (I think they are called worm hooks ?) hooks with the small bend near the eye, where you thread them thru the nose, rotate them,

and then back thru the worm an inch or so back,

or does simple "nose hooking", usually, work just as well ?

Thoughts on both would be appreciated. e.g., when would one possibly work better than the other ?

Again, small plastics, 3-1/2 inches or so size.

 

BTW:  saw a video where the demonstrator used a screw thread into the nose, and then hooking the line to this.

Claim was it saves a lot of plastic when nose hooking. Seems like a good idea.

What are these called ?  Brand ?

Thanks,

Bob

Yo bob.

follow these steps

1. Go to your favorite local pond

2. nose hook a small bait

3. cast it to a fishy looking spot

4. repeat till you catch a fish

Yer over thinking it dude.

If you want to do the screw lock deal just buy some of those keeper deals and thread it in and run your hook through it.  Personally, i don't nose hook too often in lakes as they get snagged a lot more often.  Now on rivers, nose hooking a 3-4" stick bait and dead sticking it through likely spots is always a producer for me.  I also have gotten a few bags of a custom job where they double dipped the nose with clear plastic for durability and it worked flawlessly

He's not over thinking it, clearly is asking questions any new angler would.  It's how we learn - by asking questions.

I like to nose hook fluke style baits.  Better hook ups, if you can get away with it.  Senkos are almost always wacky rigged.  I don't use a worm hook for any of this, unless I am rigging them weedless, such as a Texas, Carolina, or Florida rig.

articles:

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/worm_rigs.html

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/wacky-rig.html

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/how-to-rig-senko.html

If you are looking to use a screw thread type set up, I would highly recommend the Owner Ultra Shakeyhead head jig in 3/16 or 1/4 oz. size

These are ideal for small craws.  I use them with the Gary Y. Mini craws and they work well as they can be rigged so the hook is in the plastic making it weedless.  These will work well with any similar style plastic.

 You will get a lot of good advice on this forum; I have learned a lot here.  Good luck.