Hooking Sweet Beavers and other thicker trailers

[Greg_Cornish]

I seem to have more life out of my Beavers if I nose hook them about 3/8 to 1/2 inch back from the nose. If I thread them on to look the most natural, it seems to leave less hook exposed and they seem to tear off easier. Does it make a difference in the presentation in your view? This is on weedless jigs - football and Arkie style.

[ash]

Greg,

I have always threaded my beavers on the hook so that the jig hook point comes out about 4 ribs before the head of the jig. I do not nose hook it as one would do with pork. (never tried it that way)

[Obi-Hub]

Greg,

I nose hook my beavers all the time on my jigs. It not only gives you more hook to get the fish with, the baits stay on longer and the trailer has more action. I seem to catch more fish with beavers or DW beavers when hung this way When I was threading on the beaver, I would always go through more baits than fish The beaver would rip right down the center and no longer stay on the jig.

Obi

[Greg_Cornish]

Greg,

I nose hook my beavers all the time on my jigs. It not only gives you more hook to get the fish with, the baits stay on longer and the trailer has more action. I seem to catch more fish with beavers or DW beavers when hung this way When I was threading on the beaver, I would always go through more baits than fish The beaver would rip right down the center and no longer stay on the jig.

Obi

Thats my experience too. This spring when I was doing that, I was getting as many fish and it was lasting 15 to 20 fish. I don't think it affected the presentation and made the profile bigger. I'm going back to it.

[sTony]

Nose hooking 'em definitely cuts down on lost baits and my hookup ratio also improved. Makes for a pretty large profile bait when your using the Double Wides.

sTony

[Obi-Hub]

Makes for a pretty large profile bait when your using the Double Wides.

[Tin Can]

Super glue it to the jig head if you're losing them when they're threaded on.

[TomL]

Hey Greg -
Give me a few weeks I will solve that problem for you once and for all.

The new jig we have coming out has a keeper made especially for beavers and it works REALLY WELL!

You will use 70% less beavers and its a great jig as well.

See the problem with Beavers are is the narrowness in the middle (where the hook goes) Even if you nose hook them it still pulls through that narrowness really easily. Threading it on is no better.

I will post a picture of it when we get it in.

[Marty]

I use both methods when setting up (through the nose and through the body). But one thing that I add is an “Oâ€