Abstract: A long line fishing hook apparatus includes a reel having a core bounded by side walls. To accommodate hooks attached to a mainline by snoods, at least one side of the reel is provided with a plurality of spiral or arcuate slots as defined between adjacent curve or track members. A the mainline is wound about the reel core by an auxiliary wheel, the hooks are successively directed transversely into the access of respective ones of the slots and urged toward the core of the apparatus. The arcuate disposition of the slots allows for the reception of a substantial number of hooks over those numbers which could otherwise be accommodated. With the slots describing an arc of substantially 180 degrees or more, an Archimedean spiral arrangement exists.

Abstract: Long-line fishing gear includes a protuberance fixed about the juncture between the legs of hooks and attached snoods. The curved periphery of the protuberances cooperate with configured surfaces of spaced apart rails forming a track. The protuberances serve to support the hooks above the track and allow rotation of the supported hooks to accommodate variations in the angular disposition thereof without binding during loading, storage and discharge of the hooks from the track. In this manner, even baited hooks are readily supported by the tracks.