Better trebles

[Wish’n I was Fish’n]

Just curious if anyone here replaces their trebles on spoons for salmon? If so any recommendations and what size. Seems a lot of spoons come with cheap hooks. 

[kingpossible]

I think most hooks are size 2, 1, and 1/0.  It has been tricky to find a brand to get the replacement hooks.  Ideally, you want the replacement hook to match the weight of the hook you're replacing to get the same spoon action.  I've used VMC 9650 hooks for some stuff, and have bought some Owner ST-36's (pricey).  I wish I could get some of these hooks in silver, but have not been able to find any.

[Wish’n I was Fish’n]

Thanks and I agree it is tricky finding the right replacements 

[jigstick]

sharpen the old hooks....if theyre intact.  

[minion]

Vmc 9650 is probably your best bet size 2- 1/0 as mentioned above

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[Wish’n I was Fish’n]

Thanks I’ll give em a shot. I’m a fan of vmc tackle 

[Knotlost Charters]

Go and look at Blood run, great hooks very reasonable.    

 

[tuffishooker]

Ditto on keeping hooks sharp # 1 ; test by dragging hook across fingernail , if it digs in it is sharp enough ! A quality hook can still become dull . [ I keep a hook sharpener handy on the boat ]

[garrymny]

Had a big salmon straighten one on slammer spoon today. Of course he was gone. Went through all my spoons and found another one similar to it, so replaced it too.

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[garrymny]

Here's a picture of the spoon with bad hook....lost a good fish because of it.

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[Down Deep]

I replace most hooks with WMC  Red Barbarian  Trebles, largest size made is #2 , these do not straighten as easily as regular trebles .

[Legacy]

I was a VMC guy for a long time until Blood Run introduced their impaler hooks. They are sharp as hell and I use them as replacement hooks on everything now.

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[Wish’n I was Fish’n]

Thanks for the input I’ll check out blood run as well 

[garrymny]

I was a VMC guy for a long time until Blood Run introduced their impaler hooks. They are sharp as hell and I use them as replacement hooks on everything now.

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What size impaler will work for most salmon size spoons? I'd like order some.

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[garrymny]

Just ordered them. The blood run site tells what size you need for each make of spoons.

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[tuffishooker]

Good topic ! Bottom line [ sic ] ; horse a king salmon and eventually something will go !  [ My longest battles were both 45 min. by the clock fishing solo ] IMO you have to fight the fish or take a chance of something letting go ! The picture looks like a strong plated hook , garrymny !

[garrymny]

11 hours ago, tuffishooker said:

Good topic ! Bottom line [ sic ] ; horse a king salmon and eventually something will go !  [ My longest battles were both 45 min. by the clock fishing solo ] IMO you have to fight the fish or take a chance of something letting go ! The picture looks like a strong plated hook , garrymny !

No I wasn't horsing him. He was on a diver rod, and he was taking line off the spool quickly, drag was set right. The hook, compared to almost all the others, was noticeably a slightly finer gauge. I'm amazed at how much harder these fight when they are in the lake as opposed to when they are up the creeks.

[Wish’n I was Fish’n]

On 6/25/2018 at 12:21 PM, garrymny said:

Just ordered them. The blood run site tells what size you need for each make of spoons.

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Just ordered some as well. The site is very  helpful on telling you sizes for everything 

[stlhdr1st]

good informative topic !

[garrymny]

I got mine. I ended up using mostly 1/0 size instead of size 1. If I ever order again I will order some 2/0 and 1/0, and no size 1, which seem small.

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[hard knox]

Hooks on stinger spoons are junk break all the time trying to release a mature fish !

[Jager]

I was a VMC guy for a long time until Blood Run introduced their impaler hooks. They are sharp as hell and I use them as replacement hooks on everything now.

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Another vote for Impaler Hooks! All my magnum spoons get a 1/0, stingray sized spoons, size 2! Super strong and they stick em!!


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[Wish’n I was Fish’n]

On 7/2/2018 at 12:44 PM, garrymny said:

I got mine. I ended up using mostly 1/0 size instead of size 1. If I ever order again I will order some 2/0 and 1/0, and no size 1, which seem small.

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Tied a meat rig with size 1 I too thought they may be a bit small but lemme tell you never lost a fish on that set up