Different hook types

Different hook sizes (not to scale)

A fishing hook is a hook used to catch fish. It may be barbed or barbless. It is usually attached to a fishing line. In general the hook is concealed within the bait or trailed closely behind or within the lure. Image File history File links Fishhookanatomy. ... Image File history File links Fishhookanatomy. ... Fishing hook sizes (not to scale) Source: Washington Dep. ... Fishing hook sizes (not to scale) Source: Washington Dep. ... Fishhook is a census-designated place located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Fishing line is any cord made for fishing. ... Bait is any substance used to attract prey, e. ...

Ancient fishing hooks were most often fashioned from bone or wood. Steel hooks, which generally have an advantage in the ability to pierce a fish's mouth, later became prevalent. Grays Anatomy illustration of a human femur. ... Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). ...

Modern fishing hooks are usually barbed and are finished in bronze or nickel plating or are galvanised, and thus are bronze, silver or matte grey in colour. Hooks, of course, exist in a range of graded, numbered sizes for different fish (see diagram). Several different hook shape classes also exist allowing for the differing dimensions of a fish's mouth, and for the preferences of an angler (see diagram). New hook technologies now allow hooks to be finished in a variety of colours including red, black, green, gold and pink, with red and black finishes in particular becoming very popular. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sport fishing. ...

(There is at least one known species of fish which will bite a bare hook if it is coloured, Sockeye salmon. Taking this a step further are Piranhas, Gar Pikes (needle fish) and Mackerel; these will bite any bare hook if it is moving, probably being attracted by the flashing of the hook's metal resembling little prey fish, thus functioning in a manner similar to that of the spoon lure.) Binomial name Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792) Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean. ... Genera Catoprion Pristobrycon Pygocentrus Pygopristis Serrasalmus The piranhas or pirañas are a group of carnivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers. ... Garfish (Belone belone) are a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. ... Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae. ... A spoon lure is, in terms of sport fishing an oblong, concave metal piece resembling a spoon. ...

Often it is desirable for a fish, having been caught, to be released. If it proves impossible to remove a barbed hook in this situation, it is advised that the line is cut close to the hook, or if possible the hook itself close to the barb, and the fish released. The metal hook is thought to gradually corrode away in the seawater.

Fishing with a hook, line and rod is called angling. Long-line fishing is a commercial fishing technique that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or pass their lives in water. ... A fiberglass spinning rod and reel circa 1997. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sport fishing. ... Long-line fishing is a commercial fishing technique that uses hundreds or even thousands of baited hooks hanging from a single line. ...

One of the worlds largest manufacturers of fishing hooks is Mustad. O. Mustad & Son A.S. manufactures and sells fishing tackle and accessories since 1877. ...

See also: Treble hook

Trivia

The Norwegian municipalities of Frøya, Træna and Øksnes have old fiskhooks in their coat-of-arms. County Sør-Trøndelag District Municipality NO-1620 Administrative centre Sistranda Mayor (2003) Arvid Hammernes (V) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 309 241 km² 230 km² 0. ... County Nordland Landscape Helgeland Municipality NO-1835 Administrative centre Træna Mayor (2003) Aina Willumsen (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 429 16 km² 16 km² 0. ... County Nordland Landscape VesterÃ¥len Municipality NO-1868 Administrative centre Myre Mayor (2003) Per Ole Larsen (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 266 319 km² 310 km² 0. ...

External links

• Hook History