knots

[majorcatfish]

since my big surf fishing debut earlier this month. I'M curious...
too all the people who fish, .. i deviated from my usual knot and tried the trilene knot lost a few fish...

what is you're goto knot when you tie on your hook/terminal tackle.???????

 

[ninnymary]

Not knot related but just wanted to say that my son and husband went crabbing and caught 5 crabs, 3 dungeness and 2 rock crabs. Never tasted fresh caught crab like that before and it was delicious! No knots needed, haha.

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

I think @Dahlia fishes.

 

[flowerbug]

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what is you're goto knot when you tie on your hook/terminal tackle.???????

i've meant to reply to this when you first asked it but i got distracted (Oh shiney!) and didn't get back to it.

not that it's all that much depth, but i use the basic fishing knot and if the fish are bigger and meaner i use heavier leader to prevent them from having too easy a time of it grabbing my lures.

i was going to look up the more formal name of the basic fishing knot and so i finally did and it is called a clinch knot:

How to tie the Clinch Knot animated and illustrated | Fishing Knots by NetKnots

How to tie the Clinch Knot animated, illustrated and explained | Fishing Knots by NetKnots

www.netknots.com

looks like there are plenty of knots there to keep ya busy major...

 

[oberbrunner]

Personally, I stick with the improved clinch knot most of the time. It's been pretty reliable for me when tying on hooks and terminal tackle. Give it a shot if you haven't already – might work.

 

[Dahlia]

I think @Dahlia fishes.

I do! I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm practicing and getting better at it! My favorite fish to catch around here are the bottom fish called sand dabs. They are small, but so delicious! I did a little research on them and apparently they were (and maybe still are) served in fancy restaurants in San Francisco as a delicacy.

 

[Dahlia]

Not knot related but just wanted to say that my son and husband went crabbing and caught 5 crabs, 3 dungeness and 2 rock crabs. Never tasted fresh caught crab like that before and it was delicious! No knots needed, haha.

Mary

I love crabbing. We catch Dungees here all of the time in the late summer! 😋

 

[Dahlia]

since my big surf fishing debut earlier this month. I'M curious...
too all the people who fish, .. i deviated from my usual knot and tried the trilene knot lost a few fish...

what is you're goto knot when you tie on your hook/terminal tackle.???????

I use a Berkeley Braid Knot.