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Title: Anybody use a Stinger hook?
Post by: fisher50 on Jan 23, 2006, 11:18 AM

I'm getting some short strikers on my jig/minnow working for Walleyes.  I bought a couple kinds from Lindy.  Fear they will keep some fish from striking at all.  I've gone away from steel leaders, and fear these might be the same.  Any luck with them? 

Title: Re: Anybody use a Stinger hook?
Post by: iceintheveins on Jan 23, 2006, 07:57 PM

I use stinger hooks for lake trout. I crimp a small treble on the main jig hook. Really helps.

Title: Re: Anybody use a Stinger hook?
Post by: bwalleye on Jan 23, 2006, 09:30 PM

I tie a small #12 or #14 treble on the hook of the jig when the perch are sucking minnows off the jig.  Works like a mini quick strike

Title: Re: Anybody use a Stinger hook?
Post by: dewyg on Jan 23, 2006, 09:41 PM

I use a stinger the majority of the time in the winter months, I usually let it hang free and often catch the fish with that alone. Sometimes the fish just sit and watch the bait and when the inhale the hook themselves with the free floating stinger.