Fishing Victoria Forum

what are long shank hooks used for and what species/ situation

Gars , kgw

For threading on more bait (eg whitebait for gars, mussels for Whiting), things with sharp teeth but small mouth (eg leather jackets) or to stop fish from swallowing the hook

Do yall use longshanks on salmon

Also flathead

I use them when i'm in an area that is likely to result in losing hooks down the mouths of toothies, wrasse, pinkines, toadies etc. Easier to dehook.

Leronzia wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:33 pm

Do yall use longshanks on salmon

I do I use the mustad stainless long shank

Boza wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:26 am

what are long shank hooks used for and what species/ situation

I’ve had a lot of luck using long shanks for targeting kgw, but have also caught flatties, salmon, gars and Lj’s