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33-519: Fish hooks have been employed for millennia by fishermen to catch freshwater and saltwater fish . There is an enormous variety of fish hooks in the world of fishing . Sizes, designs, shapes, and materials are all variable depending on the intended purpose of the hook. Fish hooks are manufactured for a range of purposes from general fishing to extremely limited and specialized applications. Fish hooks are designed to hold various types of artificial, processed, dead or live baits ( bait fishing ); to act as

66-430: A split ring through the eye, which allows the hook more range of motion . Hook eyes can also be categorized into three types according to the angulation of the loop plane against the shank, where hooks with bent/"turned" eyes being more optimized for snelling: Some hooks, such as the traditional Japanese Tenkara hooks, lack any opening for the line to be threaded, and are thus eyeless . Eyeless hooks instead have

99-699: A "/" and a "0" (i.e. sizes over zero ), for example, 1/0 (read as "one nought"), 2/0, 3/0.... The numbers represent relative sizes, normally associated with the gap (the distance from the point tip to the shank). The smallest size available is 32 and largest is 20/0. Fishermen Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 563804554 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:49:44 GMT Jig (fishing) Jigging

132-487: A grub, frog, fish, paddle tail, lizard, or different insects. The colors of these can range from bright yellow to a transparent brown with silver and red flakes. Also, during summer months look at colors for the heat such as browns, or blue with black hair. Many others catch fish like smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Bait such as minnows, leeches or night crawlers can also be used as jig bodies. Other, more traditional types use dyed or natural whitetail deer tail hair on

165-616: A round head, but others include fish head -shaped, coned-shaped, cylinder-shaped and hybrid varieties that resemble spoons or spinnerbaits . Most jigheads are integral to a large fish hook , and are most commonly used with soft plastic baits . The three most popular jighead shapes in bass fishing are the flipping jighead, the football jighead, and the grass jighead. These come in many different weights usually ranging from 1 ⁄ 80  oz (0.35 g) for small freshwater panfishes (e.g. aji ) to nearly 1 pound (0.45 kg) for large saltwater groundfishes , and can also be found in

198-411: A single piece of wire and may or may not have their shanks brazed together for strength. Treble hooks are formed by adding a single eyeless hook to a double hook and brazing all three shanks together. Double hooks are used on some artificial lures and are a traditional fly hook for Atlantic Salmon flies, but are otherwise fairly uncommon. Treble hooks are used on all sorts of artificial lures as well as for

231-442: A wide array of colors and patterns. The jig hooks also vary, with variances on the hook type, color, angle or build material. Some jigheads even offer a spring latch known as a weed guard to prevent unwanted snagging on aquatic plants / weeds and underwater structures by the hook point. There is a wide array of bodies for jigs. The most common is made out of rubber or silicone . These come in many shapes and can resemble

264-581: A wide variety of bait applications. Bait hook shapes and names include the Salmon Egg, Beak, O'Shaughnessy, Baitholder, Shark Hook, Aberdeen, Carlisle, Carp Hook, Tuna Circle, Offset Worm, Circle Hook , suicide hook, Long Shank, Short Shank, J Hook, Octopus Hook and Big Game Jobu hooks. Fly hook shapes include Sproat, Sneck, Limerick, Kendal, Viking, Captain Hamilton, Barleet, Swimming Nymph, Bend Back, Model Perfect, Keel, and Kink-shank. The hook point

297-565: A widened " spade end" to help snelling the line onto the shank without slipping. There are no internationally recognized standards for hooks and thus size is somewhat inconsistent between manufacturers. However, within a manufacturer's range of hooks, hook sizes are consistent. Hook sizes generally are referred to by a numbering system that places the size 1 hook in the middle of the size range. Smaller hooks are referenced by larger whole numbers (e.g. 1, 2, 3...). Larger hooks are referenced for size increases by increasing whole numbers followed by

330-438: Is known as a gorge , which consisted of a double-pointed stick with a thin rope tied to the middle. When angling, the gorge is laid parallel to the line and buried inside a bait ball, which can be swallowed easily by the fish. Once inside the fish's mouth, the bait ball often softens and gets fragmented by the pharyngeal teeth , and any pulling along the line with cause the freed-up gorge to rotate transversely and get stuck across

363-399: Is labour intensive and time consuming. Also jigging requires technical knowledge of an area so as to determine when and where it can be used. Furthermore some jigging machines are relatively expensive for the average person to purchase. The weighted "head" of a jig, or jighead , can consist of many different shapes and colors along with different features. The simplest and most common is

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396-436: Is probably the most important part of the hook, because it is the point that must penetrate into the fish's flesh first if the hook is to have any anchorage whatsoever. Both the profile of the hook point and its angulation influence how well the point will pierce the tissue. Hook points are mechanically (ground) or chemically sharpened. Most modern hooks are barbed , with a backward-protruding spike (i.e. barb) that helps secure

429-422: Is the practice of fishing with a jig , a type of weighted fishing lure . A jig consists of a heavy metal (typically lead ) sinker with an attached fish hook that is usually obscured inside a soft lure or feather-like decorations. Jigs are intended to create a jerky, vertical "jumping" motion to attract fish, as opposed to other common lures like swimbaits , spoons and spinnerbaits , which move through

462-672: The fish hooks from the Jerimalai cave in East Timor dated between 23,000 and 16,000 years old, and New Ireland in Papua New Guinea dated 20,000 to 18,000 years old. The earliest fish hooks in the Americas, dating from about 11,000 B.P. , have been reported from Cedros Island on the west coast of Mexico . These fish hooks were made from sea shells. Shells provided a common material for fish hooks found in several parts of

495-547: The fish's gullet , similar to how a fish bone or chicken bone may pierce and obstruct a man's esophagus . They performed similar anchoring functions to hooks, but needed both ends to claw firmly into the fish's gullet to work properly. The world's oldest fish hooks (made from sea snail shells) were discovered in Sakitari Cave in Okinawa Island dated between 22,380 and 22,770 years old. They are older than

528-449: The foundation for artificial representations of invertebrate prey (e.g. fly fishing ); or to be attached to or integrated into other devices that mimic prey ( lure fishing ). In 2005, the fish hook was chosen by Forbes as one of the Top 20 tools in human history . The fish hook or similar angling device has been made by humans for many thousands of years. The earliest prehistoric tackle

561-704: The frontmost inner arc of the bend is known as the bite of the hook, which indicates the maximum depth the hook can be embedded or set . The width of the opening between the point and the shank is called the gap or mouth of the hook, which dictates the thickness of the tissue that the hook can catch. There are a large number of different types of fish hooks. At the macro level, there are bait hooks, fly hooks and lure hooks. Within these broad categories there are wide varieties of hook types designed for different applications. Hook types differ in shape, materials, points and barbs, and eye type, and ultimately in their intended application. When individual hook types are designed

594-402: The hook anchorage without needing a deep penetration. Some hooks are barbless , with a simply tapered point and lacking any barb. Historically, ancient fish hooks were all barbless, but today barbless hooks are still used mainly to facilitate quicker hook removal and make catch-and-release less hurtful for the fish. The downside of barbless hooks is that because there is no barb to help secure

627-401: The hook anchorge by catching surrounding flesh to stop the point from sliding back out of the penetration. Because the barb increases the practical cross-sectional area of the hook point, it also negatively affect how far the point penetrates under the same force (especially when piercing harder tissue), although the tissue-grabbing ability of the barb alone is usually sufficient for maintaining

660-710: The hook is being used for specific types of bait, on different types of lures or for different styles of flies. For each hook type, there are ranges of acceptable sizes. For all types of hooks, sizes range from 32 (the smallest) to 20/0 (the largest). Hook shapes and names are as varied as fish themselves. In some cases, hooks are identified by a traditional or historic name, e.g. Aberdeen, Limerick or O'Shaughnessy. In other cases, hooks are merely identified by their general purpose or have included in their name, one or more of their physical characteristics. Some manufacturers just give their hooks model numbers and describe their general purpose and characteristics. For example: The shape of

693-407: The hook is the widened ring/loop at its proximal end, with a hole where the fishing line (typically the leader line ) is passed through (threaded) for fastening via knot -tying. Hook eye design is usually optimized for either strength, weight and/or presentation. Typical eye types include: Most hook eyes are directly knotted to the fishing line and are responsible for relaying the pulling force from

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726-401: The hook shank can vary widely from merely straight to all sorts of curves, kinks, bends and offsets. These different shapes contribute in some cases to better hook penetration, fly imitations or bait holding ability. Many hooks intended to hold dead or artificial baits have sliced shanks which create barbs for better baiting holding ability. Jig hooks are designed to have lead weight molded onto

759-417: The hook shank. Hook descriptions may also include shank length as standard, extra-long, 2XL, short, etc. and wire size such as fine wire, extra heavy, 2X heavy, etc. Hooks are designed as either single hooks—a single eye, shank and point; double hooks—a single eye merged with two shanks and points; or triple —a single eye merged with three shanks and three evenly spaced points. Double hooks are formed from

792-518: The hook's bend rather than the point, allowing it to better withstand a heavier pulling load . Hook points are also described relative to their offset from the hook shank. A kerbed hook point is offset to the left, a straight point has no offset and a reversed point is offset to the right. Hook points are commonly referred to by these names: needle point, rolled-in, hollow, spear, beak, mini-barb, semi-dropped and knife edge. Some other hook point names are used for branding by manufacturers. The eye of

825-549: The jigger needs to use a sensitive rod that is good for feeling a strike, and needs to stay in contact with the lure and get it to where the fish are. Most fish caught by jigs are on or near the bottom. Advantages of jigging Jigging is a low-cost, low-energy technique that doesn't necessarily require a bait and its catch can be captured live and hauled into the fishing vessel (boat). Also this method of fishing can be applied locally as well as at commercial (industrial) levels. Disadvantages of jigging This technique of fishing

858-403: The line onto the hook body, but sometimes the line is passed cleanly through the eye and tied directly onto the shank instead of onto the eye loop — this is known as a snell knot or "snelling", and the eye does not take part in transferring any force, merely serving to restrict line wobbling and knot sliding. In fishing lures , it is also not uncommon to see the hook being linked to the lure via

891-401: The lure, the angler then sets the hook to pierce and tether the fish in the mouth. Because the jigs are weighted, a harder-than-usual hookset is often needed to overcome the added weight and provide sufficient momentum to pierce the hook point into the fish mouth. Jigging gears are often involved with the luring of slow moving fish, most commonly during spawning periods. For successful jigging,

924-495: The outside. Called a bucktail jig, they are widely used in the northern and midwestern United States, where many are still hand tied by anglers. Other types of materials are also used in constructing jig bodies, such as a Chenille wrap on the hook shaft, various feather hackle, hairs or other fur, marabou, Flashabou, and other materials. Construction is often similar to the process of Fly tying . Some jigs are constructed identically to their artificial fly counterparts, one example

957-428: The point anchorage, the hook is theoretically more susceptible to dislodging unless the penetration is maintained with a constantly taut line tension. There are however also some arguments that a barbless hook point will penetrate more smoothly into the fish tissue and thus allow a deeper hookset , compensating for the absence of barbs. Having a deeper hookset also means the stress tends to be concentrated nearer towards

990-520: The specific characteristics of each of these hook components are optimized relative to the hook's intended purpose. For example, a delicate dry fly hook is made of thin wire with a tapered eye because weight is the overriding factor. Whereas Carlisle or Aberdeen light wire bait hooks make use of thin wire to reduce injury to live bait but the eyes are not tapered because weight is not an issue. Many factors contribute to hook design, including corrosion resistance, weight, strength, hooking efficiency, and whether

1023-464: The strength and positive characteristics of each material. Norwegians as late as the 1950s still used juniper wood to craft Burbot hooks. Quality steel hooks began to make their appearance in Europe in the 17th century and hook making became a task for specialists. The hook can be divided into different portions from the back ends to the front: The perpendicular distance between the hook point and

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1056-418: The water more or less horizontally. The jig is very versatile and can be used in both salt and fresh water. Many deeper water fish species are attracted to the lure, which has made it popular among anglers for years. The jigging technique mainly involves rapid lifting motions of a fishing rod , which jerk the line exert a temporarily upward pull upon the sinking lure. When the target fish is enticed to swallow

1089-684: The world, with the shapes of prehistoric shell fish hook specimens occasionally being compared to determine if they provide information about the migration of people into the Americas. An early written reference to a fish hook is found with reference to the Leviathan in the Book of Job 41:1; Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? Fish hooks have been crafted from all sorts of materials including wood, animal and human bone, horn, shells, stone, bronze, iron, and up to present day materials. In many cases, hooks were created from multiple materials to leverage

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