What is a Kona head, and why does it matter on an octopus skirt lure?
Short answer
The name comes from Hawaii. The dished-out shape was first called a conventional head, and a Kona head is the version with a scooped nose and an offset pulling point where the leader exits below center at the front.
In detail
That offset is what makes the lure wander instead of tracking straight. FishTrack describes it as a wild head that will not sit still, and notes that Sevenstrand began making them in bulk in the 1970s, which is how the shape reached the rest of the trolling world. For a buyer, Kona is a head geometry, not a brand.
The numbers behind this answer
| Speed window | What runs there | What it demands of the head and skirt |
|---|---|---|
| 4 to 6 knots | The original Hawaiian Kona heads, whose leader hole sat below center at the front (InTheBite) | A head that still works at low speed; the offset pulling point is what makes it wander and duck |
| Speed window | What runs there | What it demands of the head and skirt |
|---|---|---|
| 6 to 8 knots | Octopus skirts, whose thicker strands pulse at this speed (Tackle Room) | Strand weight and skirt length do the work, so the head tooling itself can stay relatively simple |
Where this answer comes from
Part of the product record Octopus skirt trolling lures: Kona heads and speed windows (Octopus skirts). The record carries the tables this answer is drawn from, the fields a factory needs before quoting, and an explicit list of what has not been verified.
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