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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | The hooks used by Phantom can certainly be sharpened to make them extremely sharp, but they bend out very easily. Does anyone replace the hooks on 7.5" Phantom softtails? I would think the perfect hook would have a short shank, wide gap with a thin diameter that is strong....do these trebles exist? |
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Location: N.FIB | I remember somebody on here saying they use the eagle claw 774`s on the phantoms,not sure if it was a 3/0 or 4/0 |
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| http://www.phantomlures.com/pages/phantom-lures.php
6” weight - 2 3/4 oz
Replacement Hook Size 3/0 Eagle Claw
7 1/2” weight - 3 3/4 oz
Replacement Hook Size 3/0 Round Bend Mustad
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Location: In the slop! | 4/0 Eagle Claw 774's work real well as a replacement. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Great question! I was curious about this myself! Thanks! |
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| I like the eagle claw 774s on them too... 4/0 for th 7.5" |
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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | Do the 4/0 tangle themselves? |
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| MuskyMATT7 - 5/17/2011 3:35 PM
Do the 4/0 tangle themselves?
I haven't seen them tangle each other..... If anything the rear hook sticks to the body once and a while, but I havent seen it enough to annoy me. |
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| I take the two front hooks of, cut the screw eyes and sand them down, put a new screw eye in between the two removed ones, double up splitrings and use owner ST-36 size 2/0 (about as wide as 3 or 4/0s). I dont screw out the two front screw eyes, i leave the actual screw part in since it adds a little weight.
It makes it sink alot slower, easier to fish, nicer action. Its my best bait for pike, my biggest was 41'' 17,2lb |
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7.5" Phantom Softtail hooks