Fishing Hook Sizes Charts

Mustad Fishing hook sizes charts, Fishing hook sizes are vary from the smallest hook numbered 32 to 1 and then from 1/0 (pronounced “one aught”) to 20/0. Probably the hook sized 27/0 from Mustad is the biggest standard fishing hook size available in the shops. Also length of the hook shank can vary from very short to long, but this measurement was never reflected in any standards. Another big problem, different companies have their own hook size table and sometimes similar marked hooks can be very different in size, especially at the large end around 10/0 – 20/0. For example the hook sized 16/0 can have a gap between 3 and 4 inches

hook size 32The hooks shown on this picture are produced by Tiemco and Mustad. Both these hooks are sized 32. Stripes represent millimetres. You can see the huge difference in actual hook sizes. Therefore if you are ordering fishing hooks online, be very accurate with choosing right size for you. If in doubt, please do not hesitate to ask seller about hook size measurements or about some real photograph, which can help you to understand the real size of the hook. If you know some hook sizes of particular brands, then you can buy it worrying free.



small fish big hookAnglers should remember the basic rule – the bigger fish they want to catch, the bigger fishing hook they should use. Furthermore the different fish species require the different hook sizes. See the short guideline table below about fishing hook size for the different fish species. You should also bear in mind that this table is for guideline only. You can hook much bigger fish with small hook and vice versa, small fish can be landed with very big hook, for example you can see 50 g (0.11 lb ) fish hooked with 3/0 hook.
Fish species Average fish size Fishing hook size
Dabs 0.5 lb 1 - 1/0
Cod 10 lb 4/0 - 6/0
Bullhead 0.5 lb 2 - 1
Channel catfish 10 lb 4 - 1
Balin Wrass 4 lb 1/0 - 5/0
Carp 5 lb 4 - 1/0
Bream 4 lb 12 - 8
Dogfish 4 lb 1/0 - 3/0
Walleye 10 lb 2/0 - 5/0
Northern pike 25 lb 2/0 - 7/0
Mackerel 0.5-1 lb 1/0-3/0
Muskellunge 50 lb 6/0 - 8/0
Trout 5 lb 20 - 16
Conger eel 20 lb 6/0 - 8/0
Ling 20 lb 6/0 - 8/0
Black grouper 50 lb 10/0 - 14/0
Marlin 800 lb 16/0 - 20/0
White Shark 2000 lb 27/0