All predators, including fish, prey on the old, the sick, the weak. Any technique you use in your fishing to fool the fish into thinking your bait is an easy meal will increase your success rate. The Bleeding Bait hook is one such device.

This hook, developed by Daiichi, features a bright, shiny red finish that, according to the company’s research, simulates the gill flash of a baitfish in distress. Distress means easy meal to a fish, which means more bites for you.

Daiichi’s Bleeding Bait hooks come in a variety of styles for different applications. The octopus and circle wide styles make excellent hooks for bait fishing, while the Copper Head and Butt Dragger hooks are designed with soft plastic baits in mind. The Butt Dragger features a lead weight attached to the hook shank to get it down fast in deeper water.

This tarpon ate a menhaden tethered with a Bleeding Bait hook.

Bleeding Bait hooks won’t make your catch rate triple. But they’re another tool, another little trick, to help shorten the time between bites.

John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com/

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