Explosive hook

Explosive hook, also known as group hook, bomb hook, suction hook, group hook, is made of multiple hooks tied together in parallel. It is a combination hook that has emerged with the popularity of sea rods.

1. Characteristics of explosive hook① Bomb hooks are generally baited with rotten food. The bait balls are as small as walnuts and as big as fists. With so much bait entering the water, the dispersion area is large, the smell escapes far, and the fish-attracting power is extremely strong.
2. Bomb hooks have many hooks. When fish suck bait, it is very easy to suck the hooks buried in the bait pile together, and the hook-up rate is high.
3. As long as one hook is hooked on the fish’s mouth, the fish is struggling desperately, and other hooks can easily pierce other parts of the fish’s body, making it difficult for the fish to escape. In fishing practice, it is often seen that there are several hooks hanging on a fish.
4.  Due to the large number of hooks and the large amplitude of lifting the rod, the bomb hook often hooks nearby fish when it moves back quickly.
5. Commonly used target fish

Large fish, such as crucian carp, grass carp, carp, bream, etc.

2. How to use the explosive hook

1. Squeeze the bait ball tightly, break it in the middle, and clamp the line on the explosive hook in the bait;

2. Evenly distribute the position of the hook on the bait ball, insert the hook tip inward into the bait ball;

3. Hold the main line of the explosive hook on the bait ball with your left hand, pull the explosive hook with your right hand, and let the sub-line of the explosive hook tightly pull the bait ball like the tendons of a lantern;

4. Squeeze the bait ball again and set it aside.

3. Illustration of the explosive hook on the bait
The sea rod fishing method is the first fishing method that many beginners come into contact with. The characteristic of sea fishing is that you don’t have to watch the float all day and change bait frequently. You can easily deal with big fish. However, when they first learn sea fishing, they will encounter a common problem – how to bait the explosive hook. The following uses pictures and texts to explain the process of baiting the explosive hook:

1. Prepare the bait for the sea rod first:

2. Take out a piece of bait the size of an egg and rub it with your hands to increase the stickiness of the bait:

3. Use your thumb to press a groove on the bait:

4. Put the spring (loader) of the explosive hook on the groove:

5. The bait wraps the spring (loader) of the explosive hook, and then use Rub the bait a few times with your hands to completely wrap the spring and tighten it:

6. Insert the hook of the explosive hook into the bait with the hook handle facing inward and the hook tip facing outward. The advantage of this way of hooking is that even if the hook cannot hook the mouth, it will hook the body, ensuring that 90% of the fish will not escape, especially in winter when the fish mouth is very small:

7. Rub the bait a few times with your hands to completely wrap the hook in the bait, and the bait for a sea rod is ready:

The above is the process of baiting for sea rod bottom fishing, and the method of baiting for floating waves is the same as that for bottom fishing, the difference is that the hook is inserted into the surface of the bait, and does not need to be wrapped in the bait.