Your Hook Care...

Hi guys. have decided to post this thread to help people with the care of their hooks.

CAREING FOR HOOKS?
Most people will just throw away a hook when they've finished it. But some people who buy the big and expensive ones for shark, wreck, conger and some forms of boat fishing will want to keep their hooks in good nick to save them some buying some expensive new ones! So - here is my guide:

HOOK CARE:
Big game and saltwater hooks don't come cheap and it makes sense to maximise their life. As each shark trace is used, on return, it gets washed in freshwater and sprayed with WD40. Then put them in a box containing talcum powder. Yes, you read right - talcum powder! The talcum powder absorbs the WD40 and keeps the hooks in perfect condition. The powder washes off easily in seawater and takes most of the WD40 off with it.
It may look a bit weird, but you can use WD40 and talcum powder to protect other items of open-to-corrosion tackle such as swivels, links and lures. Tackle boxes are notorious for collecting damp sea air, which attacks everything in it path. This stops by far the worst of resultant corrosion. Another simple trick you can use is to coat your hooks with a permanent black marker. The ink acts like a protective coating shielding the metal from the worst of corrosion.

SHARPENING HOOKS:
The best way to sharpen shark hooks is by using two chainsaw files taped together. The outside edge of the point can be drawn down the middle of the two files and puts a really sharp edge to the point itself. It can also pay to hone the knife-edge sides along the inside of the point to a sharper edge. This gives greater cutting power to a hook and makes a cleaner wound in the jaw making both hook penetration and removal easier.

I hope this information helps!
Tight Lines!

[madcaravanner]

Originally Posted by The Cornish Kingfisher

Hi guys. have decided to post this thread to help people with the care of their hooks.



HOOK CARE:
Big game and saltwater hooks don't come cheap and it makes sense to maximise their life. As each shark trace is used, on return, it gets washed in freshwater and sprayed with WD40. Then put them in a box containing talcum powder.

Another simple trick you can use is to coat your hooks with a permanent black marker. The ink acts like a protective coating shielding the metal from the worst of corrosion.

Well Josh
You learn something new everyday and this is what I learnt today

Why thank you. Perminante ink should help the hook last longer and i didn't know that until like 3 days ago whitch is when i started working on these articles.

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josh have you ever been shark fishing(the poll)

I have done once but sadly didn't ctach anything. Although i'm looking into going again sometime soon in hope of doing so!

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cool
what is the difference
obviously the the bait(if you neighbour has a rabbit use it get it in the night)
but on extreme fishing(sorry i cant stop talking about it)
he uses a multipler?
do you

I did that time i went and as i said - i'm looking into going again. Yes - obviosly as you said - the bait is a lot bigger. Although it's not rabbit - it's ussaly oily fish and sometimes things like squid and mabey large crabs.
Everything - as you can imagine in shark fishkng - has to be a lot bigger and more tough.

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yh i wonder what the guy used when he caught the 3000lb shark
very big-imagine catching a whale shark-impossible

You obviosly need the strongest of rods, reels, speciel shark hooks, baits and/or lures - larger everything.
You also need safety precautions to keep you and the rod in place:

• A firmly attached seat to the boat.
• A strong over-the-shoulder harness restraint with that seat.
• Wires connecting you to the rod so you don't loose the rod.

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about the wire-couldnt they pull you in-would you rather fall in or your rod(im just saying)

also i saw on extreme fishing-again he caught a hammerhad shark that was a baby and it was huge then he caught another one and it was even bigger
wow!