I hope this was a fluke. I hooked in to a 4 pound plus small mouth tonight and had to cut the hook to get it out. So I replaced the hook and hooked in to a 3 pound small mouth and lost it. When I looked at the bait the split ring was stretched out and there was no hook left. I checked before I made the cast to see if the hook was on right. It was. So could this have been a bad split ring?  Or from the large fish before screw it up? I need your guy's help. I love this bait.

I don't see how this could be a problem with the bait itself. Are the hook holders/hangers on the bait broken? If not, then your split ring just straightened out and hook came off.

Solution---- Put a new split ring on it and keep fishing it.

I don't see how this could be a problem with the bait itself. Are the hook holders/hangers on the bait broken? If not, then your split ring just straightened out and hook came off.

If a bait comes with crappy split rings then that IS a problem with the bait itself.

I don't know about the split rings but I've found the hooks on the Aruku Shads to be pretty weak. It also could have been the fish. I would just replace them with some quality rings and hooks and then you should be fine.

Lost one of my favorite Arucu's last year in a local pond. Retrieved it this year (oh!! happy days). the hooks were nearly gone. Replace the hooks but not the Split rings, and went right on catching dem dar bazz.

Without being there to witness the event, I'd geuss that either the ring was bad, or the new hook didn't get all the way thru the split ring at replacement. This would have put undue stress on the ring and allowed it to straighten.

Who knows???

Just reread your post. So I would suggest

"The Magic fingers of Bobby Bass"  :

Must be a fluke. I caught a 12 pound Northern on one and it was fine.

I have also caught hundreds of fish on the same one this year and it is still fine.

Thanks guys. I have I will replace the split ring but not from a other aruku shad. I will also replace the split rings on the other ones I have. The hooks I have no problem with. Most of the time I only have one of the treble hooks in the fish. I have only lost one fish due to the hooks.