THE ANGLAR - MARUSEIGO HOOK RINGED HOOK PACK NSB 4450 FISHING HOOK

The Anglar Maruseigo Hook Ringed Hook Pack NSB 4450 Fishing Hook

Maruseigo (丸セイゴ) is named for the fish it was cut for. Seigo is the Japanese name for a young sea bass — suzuki in its first year — and maru means round, for the wide, evenly rounded bend. Together they describe the standard Japanese sea bass and surf bait hook: a round bend that spreads load through the wire, on a shank longer than a bream or octopus pattern. The long shank is the whole idea. It carries a worm, a live prawn or a strip of cut fish stretched straight instead of balled around the bend, it gives you steel to grip with pliers in a rasping mouth, and it keeps the knot off the jaw. Where an iseama is the all-round pond and river shape, the maruseigo is its saltwater cousin: same round-bend logic, more shank, built for baits that move.

The 4450 is Anglar’s saltwater build of it. The point is kirbed in, offset from the shank and angled inward, so a fish taking broadside and turning meets the point rather than the shank — the most useful feature on a long-shank hook, since a straight long shank can pull out of the side of a mouth. The eye is a turned-up ring, setting the hook at a working angle when snelled and helping it rotate on the pull. The rest is straightforward: forged bend, chemically sharpened needle-cutting point, strong barb, black nickel coating. Seventeen sizes from #4 to #20 with 20 hooks per pack up to #10 make it a practical bulk hook for rigs you tie by the dozen.

Key Features

• Maruseigo profile: round bend with a long shank for stretched-out natural baits
• Kirbed-in offset point for contact when a fish takes side-on
• Turned-up ringed eye — effective snelling angle and secure leader connection
• Forged construction to resist bending under pressure
• Chemically sharpened needle-cutting point with a strong retaining barb
• Black nickel coating for corrosion resistance and reduced glare
• Long shank keeps rasping jaws and gill plates off the knot
• Seventeen sizes, #4 through #20, at up to 20 hooks per pack

How To Rig It

• Live prawn or baitfish for sea bass — Hook a live prawn through the horn ahead of the dark spot, or a baitfish through the nose, and drift it past pilings, bridge lights and river mouths on a running sinker or free line.
• Surf and estuary cast rig — Two snelled droppers above the sinker with worm, squid strip or cut fish. Thread long baits up the shank so they cast straight and do not fold over the point.
• Float rig on the tide — Sliding float and short trace along jetty faces and rock walls; let the bait swing with the current rather than holding it still.
• Setting the hook — Wind down until you feel weight, then lift smoothly. A kirbed long-shank hook sets on steady pressure, not on a strike into slack line.

Target Species By Region

• Southeast Asia — A natural fit for barramundi (siakap) at jetty lights, mangrove edges and river mouths on live prawn; mangrove jack, croaker (gelama), catfish (duri) and whiting on estuary bottom rigs; snapper (merah) and small grouper (kerapu) inshore in the larger sizes.
• North America — Striped bass, weakfish, croaker and whiting on bait rigs from beaches, bridges and piers; catfish on cut baits in the bigger sizes.
• Japan & East Asia — Its home water: seigo and suzuki on live and cut bait, plus nage (投げ) surf-casting rigs for kisu, anago and karei from sand beaches.
• Australia, Middle East & Europe — Bream, flathead and mulloway in Australian estuaries; sheri and safi in the Gulf; European bass, whiting and flounder from beaches and harbour walls.

Specifications

Finish: black nickel. Sizes follow the Japanese gō (号) system — the number rises as the hook gets larger, the reverse of Western numbering. #4 is the smallest here, #20 the largest.

Recommended Pairing

• #4–#9: light estuary, surf and pier rigs, 6–15 lb line, worm and small strip baits
• #10–#15: all-round sea bass and jetty sizes, 20–30 lb braid with a 25–40 lb fluorocarbon leader
• #16–#20: live baitfish, whole prawn and big cut baits, 40–60 lb braid, 50–80 lb leader
• Snell the turned-up eye with mono or fluorocarbon; a softer tip loads a kirbed hook better than a fast, stiff one