Gary Dolman
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I start the thread by confessing to be a very occasional pike angler, but does no-one but me find the idea of using two sets of treble hooks for pike barbaric. I have been a coarse & sea fisherman, shore & boat for many years, and have caught a wide variety of predatory fish, including shark on single hooks. I admire & enjoy watching Mick Brown and Gord Burton on the box, but still shudder when I see them delving into a pikes innards for two sets of trebles.
Why do we persist in using trebles for pike, I used to replace all my trebles with large singles when I used to lure fish for pike, and never particularly noticed a reduction in takes to hook ups. This is only from observational data, rather than a scientific study, but I remember seeing a large number of pike bleeding from the gills, especially when caught by young or inexperienced anglers.
The primary reason for changing was the large number of perch that took a lure as big as themselves, and suceeded in getting all three trebles in their mouths, and proved almost impossible to unhook, without damage.
Most rubber lures come fitted with a single hook, and appear to be gaining in popularity and proving very succesfull, isn't it about time the use single hooks was encouraged & promoted
Why do we persist in using trebles for pike, I used to replace all my trebles with large singles when I used to lure fish for pike, and never particularly noticed a reduction in takes to hook ups. This is only from observational data, rather than a scientific study, but I remember seeing a large number of pike bleeding from the gills, especially when caught by young or inexperienced anglers.
The primary reason for changing was the large number of perch that took a lure as big as themselves, and suceeded in getting all three trebles in their mouths, and proved almost impossible to unhook, without damage.
Most rubber lures come fitted with a single hook, and appear to be gaining in popularity and proving very succesfull, isn't it about time the use single hooks was encouraged & promoted