Check out the newest article from Bassin' USA Pro Staff, George Cawthorn.

CAPTAIN HOOK: Basic Hook Selection for Finesse Bass Fishing
by George "Geobass" Cawthorn

When I first started fishing about six years ago, I would walk into a tackle shop and be overwhelmed by the incredible variety of hooks that were on display. At the time I was fishing mostly with plastic worms and had little knowledge of the basic hooks and how they were used with different lures and presentations.

Basically I started out picking up a bag of hooks in the “These look like they should work OK mode". I didn’t really understand what the hooks were for besides getting stuck inside the mouth of a bass if I was lucky. I spent a lot of time experimenting with different styles, read a lot, and spent a lot of time in the trial and error phase.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have saved a lot of cash on all those hooks that I don’t use much anymore.

Anyway, the idea came to me that someone new to bass fishing might like to get a little peek inside my tackle box and see the three basic styles of hooks, and the three sizes that I now use almost exclusively. I have boiled it down to nine hooks... read more