I'm gonna have to defend Gamakatsu on this one. Been fishin' 'em for 16 years and never had a problem. I will have to take a gander at the owner, though. Sure do seem to be causin' a fus.

You guys saying: "all I use is Gamakatsu" will never know how good Owner hooks are until you try them.

Throughout my years as fisherman I 've fished with Eagle Claw, Mustad, Tru Turn, Gamakatsu and Owner.

Tru Turn .... poor

Eagle Claw ... fair

Mustad ... good

Gamakatsu ... very good

Owner ... excellent.

Owner doesn 't give a penny divided in half for recommending their hooks, neither the others do.

All I can say is this, with a L rod ( basically a noodle ), 6 lb test ( a hair ) all I need to do to set the hook on a fish is to lift the rod and the hook without any effort slicing through flesh and bone when I rig my baits with Owner hooks.

raul where do you rate vmc's? for i use them and have no problem with but of course i havent leashed into nothing big yet.

I use both, never had a problem with either one.

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I too use both but I lean much more toward the Owners.  The cutting point is amazing and those hooks are so strong to not be a heavy gauge.

Owner jig hooks and spinnerbait hooks are the best, obviously there worm hooks rock, but it pays to find a jig maker using the Owners

Man, what an Owner love fest here.  All of you guys switching over to Owner, please PM me with whatever Gamakatsu's you want to get rid of.  

I personally have had bad experiences with Owner hooks.

Woops. Too late, I just pitched them in the trash.

Woops. Too late, I just pitched them in the trash.

Well dig em out and pm me a price!

I'm gonna have to defend Gamakatsu on this one. Been fishin' 'em for 16 years and never had a problem.

That experience is completely normal.  Very few people ever have a problem with Gamakatsu hooks...  that's why they are the 2nd most popular hook here.  By almost all definitions, Gamakatsu hooks are great but Owners are just a 'little' better.  (IMO)

Woops. Too late, I just pitched them in the trash.

Well dig em out and pm me a price!

Too late, the garbage man picked up the trash at 7:30am.

check out hookerz.com They make a great hook

i bought over 100 packs of owners. I love um got mine on sale from a mom and pop store going out of business 60 bucks some weird styles too i dont see them on owners sight.I use gammas,strike kings mustads all seem to have pros and cons