27 replies to this topic

[eyedabassman]

One of the best hooks out there!! I have fished VMC's for along time and I never had a problem with them. Up here in Wi. they were hard to find for awhale but are showing up again in the Gander stores.i hope Bass Pro starts to carry all the VMC hooks.

[Hooligan]

I'll be moving back to VMC almost exclusively this year.  They're being made at the French facility again, they're built well, and they're reasonably priced. 

[Bluebasser86]

I use their trebles exclusively and love that they're offering a short shank #3 now, that's what is on most of my cranks and traps after this winter. I  just bought a couple packs of the "Ike approved" HD flipping hooks but haven't had a chance to use them yet. They're very sharp and seem like they'll hold up under pressure. 

[rockchalk06]

I have only used the trebles so far, but have a pack of drop shot hooks ready to go.  Have not been able to find there new Ike hooks.

All those H2O cranks I bought from academy have VMC hooks. That was a big selling point for me.

[Zackbassmaster]

I love these hooks. A few months ago I was restocking on hooks and was going for gami's but I saw the VMC's and thought they looked fine. Turns out they are semi-sharp and don't bend. I score at Cabelas with the price compared to you guys too. 13 pack is like 4.50 or something cheap.

[Trackick9707]

I love the Sure set treble hooks but they have become very difficult to find the last few years.  I haven't used the single hooks yet but it depends on how I'm fishing.

[Primus]

I consider them OK.  Not as good as some Japanese brands like Gamakatsu, which have harder tempering and keep sharper longer.  But the highest quality VMC's are worth their moderate price.  The older VMC short shank trebles were very soft tempered, didn't stay sharp without touch-ups, and bent out easily.  Later VMC treble styles are better.

 

I think you are spot on. To me they are inconsistent & overated. When I buy Rapala cranks they are usually sharp half the time, I do the fingernail test and they don't stick like the sharper hooks on the market do. Even when touching them up I can't get them as sharp as the Gamakatsu & Owner hooks that I usually replace them with. 

 

That said the only non treble hook that I have used were the spin shots and the ones I've used so far have been reasonably sharp though my sample size is limited due to the fact that I don't dropshot very much . Now that Gamakatsu offers a similar design I doubt that I will continue to use them.

[Sam]

What do you guys think of VMC hooks? I love Trokar but they can get kind of expensive. And VMC are available a lot of places I shop so was considering them.

 

VMC are great hooks. Very sharp and they seem to remain sharp during a day of fishing.

 

Tokar are also outstanding products but expensive.

 

Since I throw my baits where I will lose them sooner or later I would not be happy to lose a crankbait with a Tokar set up.

Losing VMCs is bad enough.

 

I am now trying the Gammy EWG Round Bend trebles on my lipless and regular crankbaits and they are very sharp.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Vmc was bought out by Rapala a few years back. All current Rapala baits use vmc hooks. Better than average in my opinion. I don't replace them until worn.

 

Ditto on Dwights comment.  I've used a bunch of them.  Even some of their jig hooks.  Never had an issue.

[TrapperJ]

Got my first Bass of 2013 on a spinshot, so VMC is a winner for me

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Butch Brown (if you don't know the name, look him up. Trust me.) uses them on his swimbait rig as the eye placement is conducive to the hook staying against the head of the Huddleston.

 

If they are strong enough to handle what he is catching, they will stand up to what ANYONE on this board is able to do.

[ww2farmer]

I like them, after good results with the spinshots last year I branched out to try more of there stuff. I just got a bunch of there heavy duty flipping hooks, EWG spinshot hooks, weighted swimbait hooks.

[shanksmare]

About 10 years ago I started replacing stock hooks on some of the lures I used for surfcasting for striped bass with VMC trebles (#9626 I believe). They worked very well. They were sticky sharp out of the box and stayed that way dispite the hash environment in which they were used. I never had one of them bend out. I had this happen many times with other heavy duty trebles by Mustad and Owner. I would guess that if they can handle 40 and 50 pound striped bass, they can probably handle 5 and 6 pound LMB with ease.