Bait Doesn't Catch Fish - Hooks Do

This may sound like a completely stupid title forhooks, I mean small hooks. I personally use size
an article, but hear me out. Many anglers take10 hooks. But with a set of size 10 gang hooks
their hooks for granted as a part of their fishing.tied on four-pound test mono-filament, I've caught
They assume that as long as they're using thetrout and small mouth bass in the five to six
popular bait, or the bait that has worked in thepound class. And why do I catch fish this big with
past, they will catch fish. While it may be true thathooks so small? Because the fish don't realize
fish can be caught with blatant disregard forthere are hooks in the bait.
something as simple as hooks, large and/orYou see, gang hooks are the best way to
experienced fish cannot. If a fish is large, it gotpresent bait naturally. When your bait is in the
that way for a reason. Because the fish has beenwater it looks completely natural. Your bait looks
around awhile. And fish that have been aroundexactly like it does normally. For example, a worm
awhile have not only seen anglers offeringshooked on size 10 gang hooks looks exactly the
before, they have probably been caught andsame as a worm without any hooks in it at all.
released before. Therefore they become moreNeedless to say, this is a huge advantage to the
difficult to fool into biting.angler.
If you've spent any time on the water you knowThe above reasons are why this article is titled
this fact to be true. That larger fish have not only"bait doesn't catch fish, hooks do", because while
been around longer, but have also become wiser.bait might help catch the attention of the fish, the
This is especially true in small rivers, where fishhooks are what actually catches said fish. Start
don't have hundreds of square miles to swim freeusing gang hooks and you will begin catching more
in, such as is found in lakes.fish, It's as simple as that.
So how do we go about enticing these larger fishIf you want more great tips delivered to your
to bite our offering? The best way that I've everinbox for free, you can check this out. As anglers,
seen is by employing a set of gang hooks. Whatwe should always be striving to become better
are gang hooks? They are simply two smalland more efficient at our craft.
hooks tied in tandem. And when I say small