I have heard that a straight shank hook gives the best hook up on a  t-rig soft plastic worm. The problem is the rigging. With a straight shank, the hook is always a bit angled and the hook must be completely buried in the worm.

An ewg offset hook runs straight and can be skin hooked completely through the worm. Which is preferred and is there a big difference?

 

For all but the biggest of worms I prefer Gamakatsu 2/0 or 3/0 offset hooks. These are thin wire but very strong and sharp. Most worms do not have enough bulk to need an EWG. I find the offset hooks give a firm hookup most of the time in the top of the mouth or the corner of the mouth if the fish picked the worm up and started to swim away.

For the big 10 in+ worms Eagle Claw's offset hook gets the nod. These are bigger hooks, more metal, and stronger to handle big fish. A 3/0 or 4/0 works well. I have tried EWG's in Berkley's 10 inch Power worm and they seemed to work well when C-rigging.

For comparison.....a 3/0 offset Gamakatsu is just about the same size and length as a 2/0 Eagle Claw.

F.M-

Excellent video! Covers it all.

Too bad you don't look look like Brad Pitt. You could have your own show!

Thanks for the great video.

That is something every angler should watch. You sounded like you still prefer the straight shank hook, except for larger plastics and for fishing grass.

I use the EWG for tubes and senkos.  Tubes because of the thickness of them and senkos because the EWG adds the perfect amount of weight when using them without any bullet sinker or any other weight.

I use Gamakatsu or XPoint 4/0 EWG Offset Worm Hooks

for soft plastics most of the time:

http://www.***.com/descpage-GOSWG.html

For some larger baits, 5/0 Offset Round Bend:

http://www.***.com/descpage-GRBOBK.html

8-)

Very well done video!