BILLFISH & BIG GAME HOOKS

A fish hook is nothing more than a lever, with the hook shank serving the purpose of driving the point home. However, once hooked, the shank creates rotational torque during the fight, which often results in a pulled hook as it twists out of the fish.

Using a system of sleeves and welded rings, the Sta-Stuk hook remains intact on the initial bite, separating only at a specific amount of pressure. By reducing the length of the shank, the design reduces the amount of rotational torque created during the fight and lowering the amount of pulled and thrown hooks.

Sta-Stuk consists of a FUDO Hook body with welded rings as well as an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. To use, simply line up the welded rings along the slots in the sleeves and gently squeeze the sleeves together with needle-nose pliers to form a single unit. These products have been made to exacting tolerances with specific breaking points to ensure the Sta-Stuk system works as designed.

FUDO Super Ocean Tuna Needle Eye Hooks are true “J Hooks” that provide more open throat and grasp than that of the Southern Tuna style. These are versatile hooks that provide great performance when trolling or fishing bait for large gamefish.

This is the preferred hook style for anglers chasing striped marlin as it’s believed that the ‘open’ nature of the throat and knife edge point produce more consistent hookups than that of more closed hooks.

Fudo Gordo Circle Hooks are designed for tournament anglers who seek to catch large billfish, and are named after Cabo’s legendary Gordo Bank, where many Bisbee’s Black & Blue-winning fish have been caught through live baiting. These hooks are inline and purpose-built for withstanding battles with massive gamefish, from strike to end game on the wire.

Made from premium carbon steel, the extra heavy construction of these hooks enables them to withstand the strength and power of huge gamefish. The hooks are razor sharp, and their tips are reinforced with special forging to ensure uniform strength throughout the hook. The welded eyes of the hooks allow for easy snelling.

The Gordo Circle Hooks are highly resistant to rust, thanks to a special matte black finish and proprietary clear coat protectant. This means that they can be reused throughout a tournament.

Pakula Dojo Hooks are custom made specifically for Pakula Tackle Australia. The hooks are double ground pre-sharpened, made in Korea using high strength 402J2 Stainless Steel.

Dojo Hooks are a very short hook with a wide gape and turned in beak point shaped to maximise hook up rates.

To minimise confusion with hook sizes Dojo hooks sized according to their gape. This is a useful method to choose the right sized hook. For a skirted lure, the hook gape should equal the lure head diameter as a minimum size.

The shape of this hook, retains the advantages of an open gap for “grasping” and an inward conical point allowing quicker and deeper penetration. The ratio of shank to point is perfect for trolling This shape suits both lure draggers and bait chunkers.

These hook are also known as Koga hooks.   These tournament grade hooks are made from premium stainless steel and feature a hand sharpened conical point, micro barb and a ringed eye.

Extremely strong and recommended for 15kg plus only.

• Mustad – Salon,
• Gamagatzi – SL12S,
• Pakula – Classic Game Hook
• Quick Riggs – Double Trouble Hook
• Quick Riggs – Super Charlie Brown

The Mustad 39938NP-BN Demon Circle inline hook is a true circle hook features 1X extra fine wire making it perfect for fine bait presentation. . The distinct curved shape of this circle hook will, when the fish takes the baited hook and swallows it, ensure that the hook travels to the corner of the mouth or lip, resulting in fewer deep-hooked fish.    Our preferred sailfish circle on Backline.