How do you hook a bunker?

[DarkSkies]

;)

Let's hear some opinions. :rolleyes:

[finchaser]

Depends if it's live or dead and do I want it to swim deep or shallow

[Monty]

By accident.

[rip316]

hahahahaha

[stripermania]

snag them

[dogfish]

Gee, I don't know, with a flying gaff?:d

[bababooey]

Gee, I don't know, with a flying gaff?:d

I prefer a sharpened coat-hanger as I roast them with marshmallows over the BBQ pit. Tasty.:drool:

[fishinmission78]

Depends if it's live or dead and do I want it to swim deep or shallow

A guy who thinks before he answers.:thumbsup:
Most guys don't have to bother with that, snag and drop with a weighted treble is the golden road to becoming tackle shop heroe's. Dark are you trolling for dollars here?

[jonthepain]

By accident.


post of the day

[cowherder]

Depends if it's live or dead and do I want it to swim deep or shallow


OK I give up I have never used or livelined bunker from snagging. Maybe I am a googan. So could please explain it to us finchaser.

[finchaser]

OK I give up I have never used or livelined bunker from snagging. Maybe I am a googan. So could please explain it to us finchaser.


My personal choice for placing the hook is on top of the bunker, just behind the head in front of the dorsal fin. The meat is firm there, and the hook can pull free of the bait when it's time to set the hook. Do not place the hook more than an 1/8 inch deep. This method makes a bunker or herring swim high. To get a live bait to swim deep hook the bait near the anus in front of the anal fin. Mostly used from a boat or in an inlet or canal where deeper water is encountered. Hooking chunk baits I prefer the head hooked though the lips to keep bait from spinning. When drifting or slow trolling a dead whole bunker we place a 2 ounce bank sinker in the mouth which is held shut with a small wire tie, the hook placed through the nostrils.

[storminsteve]

Wow most guys just snag and drop. Why should they be bothered with actually learning something.:rolleyes:
Thanks for the tips finchaser.

[cowherder]

Thank you finchaser, the bunkerologist!:HappyWave:

[rockhopper]

Hook it through one side and out other above the backbone.

[Frankiesurf]

Make sure there are no scales lodged on the hook point.

[gjb1969]

i take bunker and i cut down along the back were its all meat the bottom half i dont use and then i cut the chunks in half then place the hook in the meat and go out the skin and i leave the scales on :fishing:

[buckethead]

Marshmallows, flying gaff, bunkerologist? funny thread:clapping:

[stormchaser]

Good thread, guys.