So I'm looking for some information on what pound test braided line I need to bend-out snagged hooks.  Obviously it's going to differ for the size/gauge of the hook, plus whatever it's stuck in.  And of course 100# or greater will do the job on just about any hook.  I guess I'm looking for lightest braid I can use to bend-out, say, a 3/0 superline EWG hook.  Whether it's stuck in submerged wood or rock (or the occasional tree ?) might be another variable...Anyone ever done any tests?

 

Also, I carry a hand towel with me to jerk on the line directly, in such occasions, so I don't break my rod -- I'm comfortable using heavier pound test than whatever rod I'm using was designed for.

 

Kind of makes me sick to break-off snagged lures -- not just because I want to get the lure back -- but because potentially some ex post facto fish is going to consider it to be food and give him a bad month...or several months, if it lives it that long...I just REALLY don't like leaving lures out there...

 

 

 

To actually bend out a 3/0 superline hook consistently, you're probably going to be looking around 30 or 40 pound braid. Treble hooks on lures will bend out much easier.

I carry this type of hook remover & wrap my line around it to keep from getting cut. But even with that you usually just bury the hook all the way to the first bend making it pretty much impossible to straighten the hook.

 

It's also going to depend on your knot, but I've used 50lb KastKing braid with a Palomar to bend out a 3/0 Gammy EWG on a horny toad on more than one occasion.