Fishing hooks range in size from #32 (smallest) to 20/0 (largest). In between, the scale goes from #32 to #1 and then from 1/0 to 20/0. As the hook # gets larger, the hook size gets smaller. As the aught (or “ought”) gets larger hook size also gets larger.
For example, a #4 fish hook is larger than a #6 fish hook, even though 6 is greater than 4. Conversely, a 1/0 (or “one aught”) hook is smaller than a 3/0 hook. “Aught” fish hooks are always larger than # designated hooks. The illustration below clearly shows the relationship between hook sizes and designations.
What size and type of hook to use?
There is continual debate around which hook type and size is best for each fish species. The truth is that there isn’t necessarily one best hook type or size for every fish. Some fish do require specific hooks, but there are various factors that will influence hook choice and performance that you need to consider. These include include:
- Target Species
- Size of Target Fish
- Size of Bait
- Fishing Method
If you’re surf fishing for Pompano a size 1/0 or 2/0 circle hook is ideal. If you’re ice fishing for Yellow Perch a small #8 to #4 Baitholder is my hook of choice. However, let’s say you’re fishing off the Alaska coast for 300 lb monster Halibut. Then a large 20/0 circle hook is what you want. Unless, of course, you’re targeting smaller halibut in the 20-30 lbs range. In which case a 12/0 circle hook will do the trick.
The following chart provides recommended hook types and size ranges for targeting specific gamefish species. While I’ve done a lot of fishing over the years, I have by no means fished every fish you’ll see on the list below. The hook recommendations listed in the chart below are based on personal experience, reports from fishing buddies, as well as information from other anglers shared in reputable online fishing forums. (Hook sizes are listed from smallest to largest.)
If you have any specific experience fishing any of the gamefish below, please drop me a line. I’d love to learn about what setup and presentation worked or didn’t work for you.
| Fish Species | Hook Type | Hook Size |
|---|---|---|
| African Pompano | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Sickle Hook | #4 - #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Albacore | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Japanese Tuna Hook | 7/0 - 10/0 |
| Alewife | Circle hook, Treble hook | #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Alligator Gar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 6/0 - 8/0 |
| Almaco Jack | Circle hook | 4/0 |
| American Eel | Bait Holder hook, Aberdeen, Circle hook | #5 - #2 |
| American Shad | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook | #6 - #2 |
| Apache Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook, Treble hook | #16 - #3 |
| Arctic Char | Single-egg hook, Treble hook | #13-#11 |
| Arctic Grayling | Treble hook, J-hook | #13-#11 |
| Atlantic Angel Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Atlantic Angelfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | #6 - #1, 1/0 |
| Atlantic Bluefin Tuna | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 8/0 - 10/0 |
| Atlantic Bonito | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 2/0 - 3/0 |
| Atlantic Chub Mackerel | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | #4 - #2 |
| Atlantic Cod | Bait Holder hook, Octopus hook | 6/0 - 8/0 |
| Atlantic Croaker | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead | #8 - #1 |
| Atlantic Cutlassfish | Aberdeen hook | 2/0 |
| Atlantic Halibut | Circle hook | 12/0 - 18/0 |
| Atlantic Mackerel | Aberdeen, Circle hook, J-hook | #4 - #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Atlantic Salmon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Atlantic Sharpnose Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Atlantic Spadefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | #6 - #1, 1/0 |
| Atlantic Sturgeon | Circle hook, J-hook, Bait Holder hook | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Atlantic Torpedo Ray | Circle hook | 1/0 – 3/0 |
| Banded Rudderfish | Circle hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 |
| Bar Jack | Circle hook, J-hook | #2 |
| Barndoor Skate | Circle hook, J-hook | 10/0 - 18/0 |
| Bigeye Trevally | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 4/0 - 6/0 |
| Bigeye Tuna | Circle hook, J-hook | 7/0 - 10/0 |
| Bigmouth Buffalo | Worm hook, Wide Gap Hook, Circle hook | #8 - #4 |
| Black Bullhead | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Aberdeen hook | #2 - #1, 1/0 |
| Black Crappie | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook, Octopus hook | #12 - #4 |
| Black Drum | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Black Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Black Marlin | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 6/0 - 12/0 |
| Black Sea Bass | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead | 2/0 – 4/0 |
| Black Skipjack | Bait Hold hook, Jig hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Blackfin Tuna | Circle hook, J-hook, Treble hook | 4/0 - 6/0 |
| Blacknose Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Blacktip Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/1 |
| Blue Catfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Treble Hook | 1/0 - 6/0 |
| Blue Marlin | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 6/0 - 12/0 |
| Blue Runner | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | #8 - #6 |
| Blue Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Blueback Herring | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook | #8 - #4 |
| Bluefin Trevally | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Bluefin Tuna | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 8/0 - 10/0 |
| Bluefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Bluegill | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Blueline Tilefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #3 - #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Bluntnose Stingray | Circle hook, J-hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Bonefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Barbless Hook, Jighead | #6 - #1, 1/0 |
| Bonnethead Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Bowfin | Aberdeen, Baitholder hook, Circle hook | 3/0 - 4/0 |
| Brook Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook, Treble hook | #16 - #3 |
| Broomtail Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Brown Bullhead | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Aberdeen hook | #2 - #1, 1/0 |
| Brown Trout | J-hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | #16 - #3 |
| Bull Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Bull Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook, Treble hook | #16 - #3 |
| Bullnose Ray | Circle hook, J-hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Burbot | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Circle hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Butterfish | Bait Holder hook, Double Treble hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 |
| Butterfly Peacock Bass | Aberdeen hook, Worm hook, Octopus hook, Treble hook, Circle hook, Siwash hook, Kahle hook | #8 circle to 2/0 siwash |
| California Corbina | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Octopus hook, Mosquito hook | #6 - #4 |
| California Halibut | Circle hook, J-hook, Bait Holder hook | 1/0 - 12/0 |
| California Yellowtail | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 2/0 - 4/0 |
| Cero Mackerel | Circle hook, J-hook, Bait Holder hook | 1/0 - 2/0 |
| Chain Pickerel | Bait Holder hook, Circle hook, Octopus hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Channel Catfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | 1/0 - 6/0 |
| Chum Salmon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Clearnose Skate | Circle hook | 6/0 - 12/0 |
| Cobia | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Coho Salmon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Common Carp | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Conger Eel | Circle hook, J-hook | 6/0 - 10/0 |
| Cownose Ray | Circle hook, J-hook, Treble hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Crevalle Jack | Bait Holder hook, Wide Gap Hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Cubera Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 4/0 - 8/0 |
| Cunner | J-hook, Aberdeen | #8 - #6 |
| Cutthrout Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook, Treble hook | #16 - #3 |
| Dog Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Dogtooth Tuna | Treble hook, Bait Holder hook, Circle hook | 6/0 - 12/0 |
| Dolly Varden | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook | #8 - #2 |
| Dolphinfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead | 1/0 - 6/0 |
| Dusky Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Escolar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead, Worm hook | 14/0 - 16/0 |
| False Albacore | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Flathead Catfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | 1/0 - 6/0 |
| Florida Gar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Florida Pompano | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Sickle Hook | #4 - #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Four-Spot Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Freshwater Drum | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | #4 - #2 |
| Gafftopsail Catfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 6/0 |
| Gag Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Giant Trevally | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 5/0 - 10/0 |
| Golden Shiner | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Treble hook | #14 - #10 |
| Golden Tilefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #3 - #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Golden Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook | #16 - #3 |
| Goosefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jig head | 6/0 - 10/0 |
| Grass Carp | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Gray Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Gray Triggerfish | Circle hook | 1/0 - 2/0 |
| Great Barracuda | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 3/0-7/0 |
| Great Hammerhead Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 6/0 - 9/0 |
| Greater Amberjack | Circle hook, Wide gap hook | 8/0 - 12/0 |
| Green Sunfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Hammerhead Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Hickory Shad | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook | #2 to #6 |
| Hogfish | Jig head, Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0, 2/0 |
| Horse-Eye Jack | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 7/0 - 9/0 |
| Inconnu | Barbless hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 6/0 |
| Kelp Bass | Owner Weight Beast hook, Jig Head, Bait Holder hook | 2/0 - 4/0 |
| King Mackerel | Nose hook, Circle hook, J-hook | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| King Salmon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus hook | #1, 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Ladyfish | Circle hook | 2/0 |
| Lake Trout | J-hook (Siwash), Circle hook | #1, 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Lake Whitefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead | #8 - #2 |
| Largemouth Bass | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 3/0 - 5/0 |
| Leather Jacket | J-hook (long shank), Aberdeen, Circle hook | #6 - #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Lemon Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Lesser Amberjack | Circle hook, Jig head | 4/0 - 9/0 |
| Lingcod | Octopus hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | 8/0 - 16/0 |
| Little Skate | Circle hook | 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Little Tunny | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Longbill Spearfish | Japanese Tuna Hook, Circle hook | 10/0 - 12/0 |
| Longnose Gar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Lookdown | Circle hook, J-hook | #4, #3 |
| Mako Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Mangrove Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Mirror Carp | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Mosquitofish | J-hook | #24 - #22 |
| Mountain Whitefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead | #8 - #2 |
| Mud Sunfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Muskellunge | Bait Holder hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 2/0 - 7/0 (#6 - #2 for Treble) |
| Mutton Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 4/0 - 8/0 |
| Northern Kingfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 3/0 - 6/0 |
| Northern Pike | Bait Holder hook, Wide Gap Hook, J-hook, Jighead, Worm hook, Treble hook | 1/0 - 4/0 (#6 - #2 for Treble) |
| Northern Pikeminnow | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | #4 - #1 |
| Northern Puffer | Bait Holder hook, J-hook (long shank) | #8 - #6 |
| Northern Searobin | J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0, 2/0 |
| Northern Snakehead | J-hook, Octopus hook, Treble hook | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Northern Stargazer | J-hook, Bait Holder hook | 2/0 |
| Nurse Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 -12/0 |
| Ocean Triggerfish | Circle hook, J-hook, Bait Holder hook, Circle hook | #2 - #1, 1/0-2/0 |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Oscar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Sickle Hook | #8 - #3 |
| Oyster Toadfish | J-hook, Circle hook, Treble Hook | #4-#1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Pacific Bonito | J-hook, Circle hook, Bait Holder hook, Worm hook | 1/0 – 3/0 |
| Pacific Cod | Circle hook, J-hook, Jig head | 8/0 - 16/0 |
| Pacific Crevalle Jack | Bait Holder hook, Wide Gap Hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Pacific Halibut | Circle hook, J-hook | 8/0 - 16/0 |
| Pacific Sierra Mackerel | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead, Worm hook | 1/0, 2/0 |
| Paddlefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 8/0 |
| Palometa | J-hook, Bait Holder hook | #12 - #8 |
| Permit | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0 - 5/0 |
| Pigfish | J-hook, Bait Holder hook | #12 - #8 |
| Pinfish | J-hook, Bait Holder hook | #6 - #3 |
| Pink Salmon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Pollock | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 2/0, 3/0 |
| Pompano | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Sickle Hook | #4 - #1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Porbeagle Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Pumpkinseed Sunfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Rainbow Runner | J-hook (Sabiki rig) | #15 - #12 |
| Rainbow Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook, Treble | #14 - #8 |
| Red Drum | Bait Holder hook, Wide Gap Hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 1/0 - 6/0 |
| Red Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Red Hake | Bait Holder hook | #4 - #2 |
| Red Porgy | Beak Hook | #1, #2 |
| Red Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 4/0 - 8/0 |
| Redbreast Sunfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Redear Sunfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Redeye Bass | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | #10 - #8 |
| Redfin Pickerel | J-hook | #8 |
| Remora | J-hook, Bait Holder hook | #4-#1, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Rock Bass | Circle hook, J-hook | #10 - #8 |
| Rock Hind | Circle hook, J-hook | #4 - #1 |
| Round Whitefish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook, Jighead | #8 to #2 |
| Sailfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 3/0-7/0 |
| Sand Tiger Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0-12/0 |
| Sandbar Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0-12/0 |
| Sauger | Octopus hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Saugeye | Octopus hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Scalloped Hammerhead Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Scamp Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Scup | Octopus hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0, 2/0 |
| Sea Bream | J-hook | #6 - #4 |
| Sea Trout | J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Sheepshead | Octopus hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 1/0, 2/0 |
| Shoal Bass | Wide Gap hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Shortfin Mako Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Shorthead Redhorse | Circle hook, J-hook | #10 - #8 |
| Shortnose Gar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Shortnose Sturgeon | Circle hook, J-hook | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Silky Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Silver Hake | J-hook, Circle hook | #1, 1/0 - 2/0 |
| Silver Perch | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Silver Redhorse | Circle hook, J-hook | #4-#1, 0/1 |
| Skipjack Tuna | Bait Hold hook, Jig hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Smallmouth Bass | J-hook, Jighead, Worm hook, weighted hook | #2, #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Smallmouth Buffalo | J-hook, Bait Holder hook, Circle hook | #8 - #4 |
| Smooth Butterfly Ray | Circle hook, J-hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Smooth Hammerhead Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Smooth Puffer | Bait Holder hook, J-hook (long shank) | #8 - #6 |
| Snook | Bait Holder hook, Wide Gap Hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 3/0 - 6/0 |
| Snowy Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Sockeye Salmon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Southern Kingfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 3/0 - 6/0 |
| Southern Stingray | Circle hook, J-hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Spanish Mackerel | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead, Worm hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 - 2/0 |
| Speckled Peacock Bass | Bait Holder hook, Wide Gap Hook, J-hook, Jighead, Worm hook | #3 - #1, 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Spinner Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Spiny Dogfish | Circle hook, Octopus hook | 1/0 – 3/0 |
| Splake | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Barbless hook, Treble hook | #14 - #4 |
| Spot | Circle hook, J-hook, Bait Holder hook | #6 - #2 |
| Spottail Pinfish | J-hook | #12 |
| Spotted Bass | J-hook, Jighead, Worm hook | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Spotted Gar | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | 1/0 - 4/0 |
| Spotted Seatrout | Circle hook, J hook | 1/0 |
| Steelhead | J-hook, bait holder hook, jig head | #8 - #1, 1/0 |
| Striped Bass | J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | #1 circle to 8/0 worm hook |
| Striped Bass Hybrid | J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | #1 circle to 8/0 worm hook |
| Striped Marlin | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 6/0 - 12/0 |
| Sturgeon | Circle hook, J-hook | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Summer Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Swordfish | Circle hook | 8/0 - 12/0 |
| Tarpon | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, CIrcle Hook, Worm hook | 4/0 - 8/0 |
| Tautog | J-hook, Octopus hook, Bait Holder hook | 3/0 - 4/0 |
| Thresher Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Tiger Muskellunge | Bait Holder hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | 2/0 - 7/0 |
| Tiger Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Tiger Trout | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Barbless hook, Treble hook | #16 - #3 |
| Tilapia | Aberdeen Hook, Jighead, Bait Holder hook, J hook | #8 - #2 |
| Tope Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| Tripletail | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 1/0 - 3/0 |
| Wahoo | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 5/0 - 8/0 |
| Walleye | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Worm hook, Treble hook, Octopus Hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 |
| Warmouth | Octopus hook, Circle hook, Aberdeen hook | #10 - #2 |
| Warsaw Grouper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Jighead | 5/0 - 9/0 |
| Weakfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #4 - #1 |
| Whalers Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| White Bass | J-hook, Jighead | #4 - #1 |
| White Catfish | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Treble hook | 1/0 to 6/0 |
| White Crappie | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook, Octopus hook | #12 - #4 |
| White Grunt | Circle hook, J-hook, Bait Holder hook | #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
| White Marlin | Bait Holder hook, J-hook | 6/0 - 12/0 |
| White Perch | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| White Seabass | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #5 - #1, 1/0 |
| White Shark | Circle hook, J-hook | 4/0 - 12/0 |
| White Sucker | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen Hook | #10 - #4 |
| Windowpane Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Winter Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Wiper | J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Worm hook | #4 - #1 |
| Witch Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Wreckfish | Circle hook | 2/0 - 6/0 |
| Yellow Bass | Jig head, J hook | 1/0 - 2/0 |
| Yellow Bullhead | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook, Aberdeen hook | #2, #1, 1/0 |
| Yellow Perch | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Aberdeen hook, Jighead, Sickle hook | #12 - #4 |
| Yelloweye Rockfish | Jig head, Circle hook, J-hook | 8/0 - 12/0 |
| Yellowfin Tuna | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Circle hook | 4/0 - 7/0 |
| Yellowtail Flounder | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook, Octopus | 2/0 - 5/0 |
| Yellowtail Snapper | Bait Holder hook, J-hook, Jighead, Circle hook | #4 - #1, 1/0 - 3/0 |
