fridge 6 Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 gday allhave been using tt lures tournament series jigheads which have generally performed well until crunch time,im fishing light 2kg braid 5 kg leader,been having problems with hook straightening and hook snapages costing me a couple of queenfish lately at landing on the beach :c :c :c ,with golden trevally mainly guilty for the straightening.any info/leads to an 1/8 bullethead jighead with a no.1 hook with balls would be fantasticfeel free to reply mr ballscheers fellastime to go see if i can land one of the queenie :c s this time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
codez 0 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Surely you could get away with a bigger stronger hook like a 1/0 or 2/0, if not, I think the Squidgy Finnese heads have a decently thick shank and come in something around 1/8th. Different keeper system though.Better luck next time mate, guessing your not in SA catching Trevs and Queenies? fridge 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pauly s 426 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I've stopped using the smaller TTs for the same reason. Using the nitro 1/6 - 1/8 in 1/0 and 2/0 never let me down fridge 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
codez 0 Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Anyone ever had issues with the Nitro heads being mis-shaped/bad mould? Its happened to me 3 times with the 1/8th heads and caused them to swim majorly to one side.. switched to TT and Squidgy heads now and never had the same problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brenton 637 Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Be very surprised if a 1/0H or even 1H would straighten especially on 2kg braid,tt are better than nitros imothere are some piss weak TTs but their called something else fridge 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Station49 33 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Size 1 tournament jigs are made with 'fine wire' hooks... so realistically they are designed for bream and trout fishing. This is your problem straight up. Size 1 is probably also a bit small for queenfish and golden trevally anyway.I'd upgrade to 2/0 for a start, and try out the TT headlocks jigs, they are pretty tough. Have had no issues with snapper and mulloway in a range of sizes of jigheads from the range. Another option in the TT range would be the "extremem HEad hunter" jigheads which are made with tougher hooks. eg 2/0XH as the size code.the headhunter jigs are better value for money also IMO. fridge 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fridge 6 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 cheers fellas thankyous for the repliesyep shore based in broomei would prefer to stick to ones,more chance on flathead or whatever,blows me out what this braid can handle it was supposed to be 2kg finns,found a pack of 1/0 head hunters hiding in my mix,no broken hooks lately but no sizeable queenies either,slight hook warpage from the gts,dunno about using 2/0s on an 80 mm minnow,to much hook?there is bugger all selection of light gear in the shops here,makes life a bit frustrating Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fished out 0 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Lucky bugger, 2/0 should be fine mate, I use 2/0 heads on redfin at times and if anything it gives a better hook up rate fridge 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fridge 6 Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 part of my latest entertainmenton a popper after having light gear smashed 640 mmproof on the beach and watermelon pearl of coursecaught on light yesty 530 mmfoul hooked fnose fish yesty in the wing joint,thought it was a biggy lol pauly s and fished out 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fisher 3 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Head locks are the way to go! Was catchin easy 10 to 12lb salmon with 20lb braid fully locked up and didn't bend one! Man those salmon fight hard wen you lock up the drag from the boat, couple even snapped the 20lb braid! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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