Question/Help - Hook Size for Live Bait for Float Fishing

[REN56]

Hi all,

For those of us that have never fished with live bait... does anyone have any sort of general reference guide by chance for selecting what would typically be considered to be the optimal hook size for using X size hook on X type of live bait?  For example, we get something like this thankfully as a guideline in the game for matching up Jig hooks with plastic lures (given in a range like, for example, #3-#1).  Because of never having fished using live bait, not really having a clue which hook sizes to match up correctly with which live baits, I end up avoiding Float fishing in the game, and obviously limiting myself by doing so.  My wife has the same question btw.

Anyone have a chart already made perhaps that might prove helpful as reference for matching up hook sizes with live baits?

Many thanks in advance!

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[PH_Trulight]

Start at #1 Hook, if your catching too many small ones of that species increase size to 1/0 if your not getting a ton of bites decrease size of hook to #2

General Rules:
Bass 1/0-3/0 hooks for common sizes, larger hooks for unis/trophies
Catfish 3/0+
Predator fish Pike/Walley etc etc 2/0+
Panfish #4 #2 #1

Then adjust from there

 

Hook Sizes from smallest to largest: #10 #8 #6 #4 #2 #1 #1/0 #2/0 #3/0 etc etc

Edited September 8, 2017 by Trulight

[nutrygina]

On 9/8/2017 at 10:00 AM, Trulight said:

Start at #1 Hook, if your catching too many small ones of that species increase size to 1/0 if your not getting a ton of bites decrease size of hook to #2

General Rules:
Bass 1/0-3/0 hooks for common sizes, larger hooks for unis/trophies
Catfish 3/0+
Predator fish Pike/Walley etc etc 2/0+
Panfish #4 #2 #1

Then adjust from there

 

Hook Sizes from smallest to largest: #10 #8 #6 #4 #2 #1 #1/0 #2/0 #3/0 etc etc

The question is which type of live baits can be used for which type of hook size. For example, maggot requires #X hook, flyes require #Y. I also wonder the answer 

[Palavino]

Here is a link to the outdated wiki that has a table with hooksize per bait:

http://wiki.fishingplanet.com/index.php?title=Baits

 

Just click on 1 of the 3 kinds of bait and it will show a table.

Edit: you can always use other hooksizes ofcourse, depending on target fish

[Luciotenca]

More importantly here according to the table the round bolilie sizes are as follows

1" = 25mm, 4" = 10mm, 6" = 15mm and 8" = 20mm

Is this correct, it does not make alot of sense as I thought (") meant inches? 

[kdog013]

5 hours ago, Luciotenca said:

More importantly here according to the table the round bolilie sizes are as follows

1" = 25mm, 4" = 10mm, 6" = 15mm and 8" = 20mm

Is this correct, it does not make alot of sense as I thought (") meant inches? 

It does mean inches, look closer, there's a decimal point in front of the 4, 6, and 8. 

[Luciotenca]

Thanks in the end I converted to metric LOL, for the boilies it made thinks easier.