The complexity is that there is a fine line where you can maximise your average fish size without overly diminishing your bite rate (this balance is only found via trial and error). I see people fishing here use anywhere from 4/0 - 10/0 hooks for Pike. In Michigan the uni Pike spot see many people fishing for Pike as it is one the best ways to make $ in-game until much higher level maps. Way too big of hooks = no fish at all.Īnother example to demonstrate this.

Over-sized hooks = less fish, bigger average size. Under-sized hooks will find you more fish more often but your average size will be smaller.

Not fully understanding the issue many consistently use under-sized hooks and of course the same is true for over-sized hooks. To further complicate the issue, the size of hook used for float/bottom fishing will affect your bite rate.to a certain extent. When it comes to float or bottom fishing the 'bite' will affect the frequency of fish (and size of available fish) rather than the hook size. With float or bottom gear the same fish will take a shiner from a 6/0 - 5/0 hook regardless of conditions. A 2/0 is much more reliable and in lessor conditions you may have to move down to a 1/0. While both can and are related to the size of the fish the size of lure is much more related to the 'bite' during current conditions (which is always in flux) and is generally much smaller.įor example, in New York under the right conditions you will catch trophy and uni Chain Pickerel (and even the odd common) with a 3/0 casting spoon.

The hook size you can use for float or bottom fishing is much larger than the hook size attached to a lure a fish will take. This question becomes very different depending on exactly what you are asking.

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