SANTEC - STAINLESS STEEL ISEAMA RINGED 45710 FISHING HOOK

Santec Stainless Steel Iseama Ringed 45710 Fishing Hook

The iseama (イセアマ) shape is the default bait hook across Japan and much of Asia for one reason: it holds. A round, fairly deep bend loads the pull into the curve of the wire rather than levering the point backwards, and the point itself sits turned very slightly toward the shank, so once it is in it stays in through head shakes. It is the pattern anglers reach for when they do not want to think about hook choice — ponds, rivers, jetties, boat bottom rigs.

What makes the 45710 its own thing is the material and the eye. This is a forged stainless steel build, not high carbon, and that changes how you use it. Stainless does not rust, so a packet survives a season loose in a boat tray and traces tied in March are still sound in September — the reason to buy it is rigs that stay made up. Two consequences are worth knowing: stainless is generally a shade softer than hardened high-carbon steel, so points dull faster on coral and rock and are worth touching back with a file; and a stainless hook will not corrode away inside a fish, so if you are releasing, back it out rather than cutting the leader short.

The eye is a 95° turned-up ring — not a flat 90° and not a straight ring, but tipped just past square. That angle stands the hook up when it is snelled and keeps the pull square to the bend on a dropper rig, which is where an iseama earns its keep. The point is set straight, in line with the eye rather than kirbed, so long baits threaded up the shank sit dead straight and do not spin in current. Eight sizes run #8 to #20.

Key Features

• Iseama bend — round, deep, with a slightly incurved point that resists shedding
• Stainless steel throughout for corrosion resistance and rigs left made up
• Forged hook body to resist deformation under load
• 95° turned-up ringed eye for hook alignment on snelled and dropper rigs
• Straight inline point — direct pull from knot to point, and baits that hang straight
• Eagle Cutting point with angled cutting faces and a sharp retaining barb
• Smooth surface finish to reduce resistance going into bait and jaw
• Eight sizes, #8 through #20

How To Rig It

• Boat and jetty dropper rig — Snell two hooks on short droppers above a sinker. The 95° eye holds each hook standing out from the trace instead of lying flat against it.
• Running sinker on the bottom — Egg sinker sliding to a swivel, then 60–100 cm of leader, with prawn, squid strip or cut fish. Let the rod tip load and lift; the incurved point sets itself on steady pressure.
• Threading a long bait — Because the point is inline, a worm or a fish strip threaded up the shank hangs straight and will not helicopter on a drift. This is the presentation the hook is built around.
• Pond and reservoir rig (kolam pancing) — Light running lead or a small float with paste, pellet, bread or prawn in the smaller sizes; a stainless hook shrugs off brackish pond water and repeated use.

Target Species By Region

• Southeast Asia — The standard pond and jetty hook: patin, tilapia, rohu, keli and haruan in paid ponds and reservoirs; croaker (gelama), catfish (duri), kaci (sweetlips), snapper (merah) and small grouper (kerapu) on estuary and jetty bottom rigs in the larger sizes.
• North America — Channel and blue catfish, carp and panfish on dough, worm and cut bait; black drum, sheepshead and porgy around pilings and jetty rock.
• Japan & East Asia — Kurodai, madai and mejina from breakwaters and rock, funa and koi in fresh water, and a house shape in umi-tsuribori saltwater fishing ponds where hooks live permanently in salt.
• Australia, Middle East & Europe — Bream, whiting and estuary perch in Australia; safi and hamour in the Gulf; carp, tench, bream and catfish in European still waters and canals.

Specifications

Material: stainless steel. Eye: 95° turned-up ring. Sizes follow the Japanese gō (号) system — the number rises as the hook gets larger, the reverse of Western numbering. #8 is the smallest here and #20 the largest.

Recommended Pairing

• #8–#11: pond, river and light jetty work, 6–15 lb mono on a soft-tipped bait or feeder rod
• #12–#16: general estuary, jetty and boat bottom rigs, 20–30 lb braid with a 30–40 lb fluorocarbon leader
• #18–#20: whole prawn, squid and large cut baits, 40–60 lb braid with a 50–80 lb leader
• Snell to the turned-up eye for dropper rigs; carry a small file, since stainless points want touching up after coral and oyster contact