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[basslover12345]

What EWG hook do you have the best/most solid hook ups with?

[ww2farmer]

Gamakatsu Superlines.2/0 - 5/0

[roadwarrior]

Really no issue among brands. I fish several, but for most soft plastics it's Moaner Hooks:

http://www.moanerhoo...dex&cPath=68_66

[River Rat316]

owner

[A-Jay]

Haven't tried them all - but out of the ones I have tried - Owner Wide Gap Plus gets it done.

A-Jay

[BASSclary]

I've absolutely never missed a fish due to a hook. Therefore, I like Gamakatsu, Owner, Mustad, and Trokar. All the hooks i've tried. However I do find myself going for the Mustads alot. i just like em.

[Jake P]

Never had a problem with a hook of any brand. From a 1.99$ pack of 4/0 eagle claws from walmart or a 4/0 gamakatsu. I use gamakatsu 99% of the time though.

[basslover12345]

I'm just trying to find a hook that when I hook a fish, with something such as a Zoom ultravibe speed worms, that the fish is hook solidly up through the roof of the mouth where he can't come off with a 2.5 pound bass, not in the side of the mouth where the flesh will tear, I want the hook in there so good that I have to use pliers to get it out. What model of a hook am I looking at?

[Siebert Outdoors]

Owner here also. I have alot of different brands but right now I'm slowly replacing everything with Owners.

[Chris at Tech]

I'm just trying to find a hook that when I hook a fish, with something such as a Zoom ultravibe speed worms, that the fish is hook solidly up through the roof of the mouth where he can't come off with a 2.5 pound bass, not in the side of the mouth where the flesh will tear, I want the hook in there so good that I have to use pliers to get it out. What model of a hook am I looking at?

I'm no expert, but I'm not aware of any way to pick your placement for the location of the hookset. All you can do is feel the bite, reel in the slack and swing on the fish. Perhaps the hook is not the issue. Are you taking in enough slack? Are you swinging hard enough?

[JP.]

I'm no expert, but I'm not aware of any way to pick your placement for the location of the hookset. All you can do is feel the bite, reel in the slack and swing on the fish. Perhaps the hook is not the issue. Are you taking in enough slack? Are you swinging hard enough?

Well said. I've used numerous hooks, but I would say gammi and more recently Trokar have won my vote.

However, I don't think I've yet to discover how to coach a hook to stick right in the sweet spot. I think we're having communication issues

Just pick any quality hook, go to a pond loaded with fish and start jacking them. Take note of every catch's hook placement. What did you do when setting? I still say a hook in the mouth is worth a thousand hooks through empty water, so don't put too much thought into this.

JP

[J Francho]

I'm just trying to find a hook that when I hook a fish, with something such as a Zoom ultravibe speed worms, that the fish is hook solidly up through the roof of the mouth where he can't come off with a 2.5 pound bass, not in the side of the mouth where the flesh will tear, I want the hook in there so good that I have to use pliers to get it out. What model of a hook am I looking at?

Good luck with that notion. You won't find too much consistency there. As far as shaking off, sound more like an issue of the way you play and land the fish than a hook problem.

For extra wide gap worm hooks, I use Owner Wide Gap Plus.


For some deeper bodied baits, like fat bodied creatures and flipping tubes, I'll use their offset point Rigging Hook.

[Vinny Chase]

Gamakatsu Superlines.2/0 - 5/0

This

[jerzeeD]

I am in the minority here, but I use Lunker City Texposer hooks in 3/0 and 4/0 for all my T-rigged plastics. The offset shanks, sharp as a razor tips, and Texposing the hooks have made setting the hook practically effortless. I dont lose many.

[eyedabassman]

VMC or Owner