Does anyone have any experience with the Trapper wide gap hooks pertaining to catch & release? I'm waiting for some to arrive and I only fish catch & release. I'll crush the barbs flat to facilitate hook removal and minimize injury to the fish. It appears that these hooks might be more difficult to remove....

I have got some and used them. They seem to work just fine, not much difference then regular EWG hooks IMHO.

FM

They look like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

Never used any Trapper hooks, but I seem to recall that hooks with a 90 degree bend were 'brittle' or at least susceptible to breaking. 

 

Have to agree with @J Francho....I don't really see a need.  Then again, I only use barbed hooks.

3 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Never used any Trapper hooks, but I seem to recall that hooks with a 90 degree bend were 'brittle' or at least susceptible to breaking.

I'd think the same, except that every weedless hook I use has a Z-bend, so I'm linking that's moot these days.

I got some of the trebles in a mystery box. Threw them in my box of trebles and rings but in the back of my mind I was thinking “these will never get used”. 

I used the smaller drop shot hooks and *hated* them.  The funky 90 degree angle that keeps the fish from throwing the hook also keeps the hook from being removed easily, and often results in bent/broken hooks.

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