Author Topic: colored hooks for tip ups (Read 6487 times)

MacEnvy · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 19, 2007, 11:40 PM »

Did you have a question, or just sayin'?

I've heard red hooks work better. Never tried them though. It's hard to tell - can the fish even tell the difference?

Flash_King · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 20, 2007, 03:53 PM »

All my traps have GOLD hooks-40 years experience

walbra60 · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 21, 2007, 01:23 PM »

i was just wonderd if anybidy used and if they thought they might work better than just a plain old hook. i have heard people say that prdeator fish really respond to red or yellow. jsut wanted to hear peoples oppinons.

Big Burk · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 22, 2007, 12:05 AM »

RED and GOLD are the only way to go.

icecruiser · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 22, 2007, 11:45 AM »

I have a mix of colors this year, red, green, blue, silver, gold, glow in the dark, chartruese, orange,

Not sure it makes a difference but it hasn't seemed to hurt either, I tend to get more flags than people around me, but I attribute that to my superior angling skills

(Kidding)

DonW · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 22, 2007, 02:13 PM »

I've been using red hooks since I started (not too long ago), but I seem to get more flags than those I fish with. Never thought about the hook color, but maybe that's what it is.

Tight Lines,
DonW

Buck1985 · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 22, 2007, 02:26 PM »

I've had good luck on my tip downs this year on orange and charteuse colored hooks and green have been alright
but orange has cashed in perch, crappies, walleyes, trout and pike. All tipped with crappie minnows.

walbra60 · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 22, 2007, 06:58 PM »

thanks for the input guys.

ranger22 · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 25, 2007, 09:45 AM »

i only use red hooks for fishing period not just on my tips. i believe it has
increased my hook ups overall.

Bassfishin1983 · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 25, 2007, 09:57 AM »

I have tried diffrent colors and have found that red works great in clear water. I have also painted the shaft with glow in the dark orange and it picks up more walleyes at night. I think it toldly makes a diffrence.

walbra60 · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 25, 2007, 08:24 PM »

i have been using them all season so far and i like the results i have had.

blaster22077 · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 25, 2007, 08:29 PM »

I just bought a tip-up kit that had glow hooks in but i have not tried them yet.
I used glow jigs before but not glow hooks.

SPARKYICE · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 25, 2007, 10:35 PM »

i started using red hooks so Icould see them.
i don't know if red makes a difference to the fish.
i use the high dollar gamagatsu light wire hooks for minnows. if not the color, their light weight and sharpness seems to be an advantage. they cost .20 cents or so vs. .05 cents for regular hooks.

esox13 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 14, 2007, 05:31 PM »

I have always used gold or red, but recently I have added colored hooks into some sets. Especially in tanic/stained water. I get the glow hooks and charge them up - it has seemed to make a difference.

1MOFISH · « **Reply #15 on:** Nov 04, 2007, 05:50 PM »

used the red ones last year they work great, one of the best seasons i had mo

scavengerj · « **Reply #16 on:** Nov 08, 2007, 05:56 AM »

Think I posted about this the other day. If red line becomes almost invisible in the water, doesn't the same happen to red hooks? If everything below 15'-17' turns black or brown, what benefit are red hooks? I could see in shallow water where the light penetration is enough to see different colors they might be of benefit. IMO I don't think the price is really worth it. Most times I have had the color wear off the hooks in no time. I too thought hey, red hooks on a shiner would tend to look like it was bleeding and therefore wounded and vulnerable. Just my .02 Anyone else have similar thoughts/experiences?

1MOFISH · « **Reply #17 on:** Nov 08, 2007, 11:04 AM »

Quote from: 1MOFISH on Nov 04, 2007, 05:50 PM

used the red ones last year they work great, one of the best seasons i had mo

i usually fish shallow less than 10 feet in clear water only the fishies know for sure your guess is as good as mine i do believe its a confidence factor in my faith and my fishin' mo

scavengerj · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 08, 2007, 11:17 AM »

Whatever it takes to ice just 1MO

Big W · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 22, 2007, 01:14 PM »

I don't know. My question is if the water is stained, what difference does it make what color your hooks are?

Big W

WisFisher4 · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 29, 2007, 08:54 AM »

Red and Gold hooks usually work the best

poot_818 · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 10:37 PM »

treble hooks or normal hooks?i got all treble hooks i got a few red and then i got glow in the dark orange and green and yellow that i got for half price at the end of the season....im excited....im gonna need a few more tip ups though to throw those hooks on i only got 2 right now and we can have 4 i think i cant remember right

Danderson · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 03, 2007, 09:04 PM »

i've had more luck going to flurocarbon leaders than using red hooks, but i have noticed some difference using red. experimenting is key!

WANNAKETCHUM · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 05, 2007, 03:09 AM »

I never really saw a lot of difference between red hooks and not on the days I experimented with them, but one day last winter I was fishing with a friend and it was a ba$tard of a day to say the least!!!! But I had rigged half of my tip-up leaders with "glow beads". They were just a small (soft plastic) glow bead that I bought at Gander Mt....I don't recall the brand..but any way, I slid 3-4 of these on the leaders before tying on the hooks which were baited with fathead minnows and I only rigged four of the tip-ups this way and left the rest with just the plain leader tied to the hook. We didn't catch a lot of fish that day....but as far as the tip-ups went we caught about 70% of the fish (mostly perch) on the leaders with glow beads. I put out 8 tipups so that we each had four and could still use a jigging rod. I definitely will try that again!!!.....WK

AirManCam · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 13, 2007, 09:29 PM »

I think redhooks outfish regular 2:1 easy.

gilezilla · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 17, 2007, 02:49 PM »

Last year I tried putting a small piece of red yarn thru the eye of my treble hook. I frayed the ends. seemed to work

WANNAKETCHUM · « **Reply #26 on:** Dec 18, 2007, 12:45 AM »

Quote from: icecruiser on Feb 22, 2007, 11:45 AM

I have a mix of colors this year, red, green, blue, silver, gold, glow in the dark, chartreuse, orange,

Not sure it makes a difference but it hasn't seemed to hurt either, I tend to get more flags than people around me, but I attribute that to my superior angling skill's (Kidding)

I haven't tried any personally...but Maynard's Tackle (www.maynardstackle.com) sells "glow hooks" in a variety of glow colors. The price is kind of salty...$5.00 for ten hooks, but if that's what your lookin' for $:-\$ ....WK

bjeff42 · « **Reply #27 on:** Dec 18, 2007, 12:50 AM »

:tipup:i use red hooks seems to work

icefishinman88 · « **Reply #28 on:** Dec 18, 2007, 08:51 AM »

I use red hooks and they seem to produce better.

1MOFISH · « **Reply #29 on:** Dec 18, 2007, 12:54 PM »

Quote from: icefishinman88 on Dec 18, 2007, 08:51 AM

I use red hooks and they seem to produce better.

here is a tip i believe works the suceessful crappie fishermen put on a chatreuse gulp maggot while jiggin' i put one on a few of my treble hooks it seems to work in the dark ice ie snow covered mo

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