Lol I just can't believe the quality difference

Gammies.  Used to use the EWGs but I find myself reaching for the offset roundbend these days.

Awesome! I see no one uses the cheap wire eagle claws I was using haha

I use them when i plan on losing a bunch of hooks. They've worked fine for me but as others have said they tend to rust very quickly but at the price point they are pretty much disposable anyway

Awesome! I see no one uses the cheap wire eagle claws I was using haha

Whoa whoa whoa!!! Not so fast. I do! And for the most part they work great.

Gammys and bps

I fish gammys but I think I'm gonna switch to owners.

Gamakatsu and owners are the majority for plastics but I also use Vmc and Mustads for certain things. I like the Vmc spinshot and mustad elite 1x/2x trebles.

With all the $ I have invested bass fishing, why would I use anything but the best hooks? Mostly Owner, Gammy, Trokar. Yep, $1.00 plus for a hook is insane but spending $ $15 for a jerkbait or $100 plus for a swim bait is way more insane. The hook is what catches the fish,, not the rod or reel or line. Just my opinion.

Well Im 100% very pleased with these eagle claws weedless red hooks. They are my go to hook for wacky senko rigging. They dont rust out like the bare ones do. Was used to get my PB last year.

 

 

 

 

My other most used technique is for Ikas and brands range Gammy Deep Throat, Trokar TK110 and VMC Fast Grip wide gap.

So I've been fishing eagle claw lazer sharp wire hooks. But got some gamakatsu. Wow they are such a step up in quality and thickness and finish! What are yall using?

Texas Rig Best : 1. Roboworm 4/0 or 3/0  its the best hook around period, the bait holder doesn't destroy plastic, and its thin and light and makes for a much smaller  and compact overall profile than everything else, and I never have baits spin on me  (its made by Gamakatsu)

2.  GAMAkatsu 4/0 or 3/0 Red EWG , caught a 8.7lb and a 7.6 lb in the same week on one.  something about using this red hook with a green pumpkin red flake bait just works 

3. VMC light flipping hook 

 

TEXAS RIG WORST 

1.  TROKAR LAZER flipping hook and EWG hook.  they are very sharp , and that's because they have monster thick points on them that are great for piercing the fishes mouth, but PortaJohn smelly when it comes to the small stinky barb that has resulted in monsters lost from shaking the hook enough times where it was ridicolous. also they're baitholdes blow and destroy plastics , and the curve on their hooks is all wrong.  Eagle claw as a brand so Phaking ****ty seriously the suck.  its like if YUGO made a luxury car brand, its still a YUGO and it sucks

 

Drop Shot best

1.  Mustad period

2. Trokar Lazer -  

3. . roboworm 2-0 hook

 

 

Drop shot worst

1. gamakatsu 

2.  skinny bear

3.  i 

I use mostly Gammy and Owner hooks. 

The vast majority of y hooks are owners. I have hooks from every brand and just use whatever though. When it comes to a straight shank for a creature of something I am partial to trokar. As far as sharpness is concerned that's all in your head and nothing a diamond file can't fix in a couple seconds. It's easy to make a hook sharper then they day you opened them and only takes seconds.

The vast majority of y hooks are owners. I have hooks from every brand and just use whatever though. When it comes to a straight shank for a creature of something I am partial to trokar. As far as sharpness is concerned that's all in your head and nothing a diamond file can't fix in a couple seconds. It's easy to make a hook sharper then they day you opened them and only takes seconds.

I use a diamond file on a Leatherman . It sharpens hooks great. I've been looking at the sharpened hooks through a jeweler's loupe and noticed that a lot of them had a false point , a weak spot caused by the file going from the point out. This false point will bend on the first hooked fish. So I am trying to do a more careful job and only sharpen from the point in , no back and forth motion.

You don't sharpen back and forth. You sharpen against the point and it doesn't take much. One quick little pass per side down the slot in the file is perfect. I use a little pen type file. I think they even sell the same exact one on TW. It has a grey handle and one of those clips on a pen for your shirt pocket or something.

I am big fan of Gamakatsu hooks. Not the most expensive, but not the cheapest. Good quality hooks. They've never failed me yet.

VMC, Owner, Trokar  sometimes Gammy.