FunkEeeeee Fisherman Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Lost a big fish today on the Bull Shad. As you can see in the photo it appears to have bent out one of my trebles. Throwing this bait on 25# silverthreas excalibur 10x, Okuma heavy guide select rod. Drag was set right but was slipping a little fighting fish. I thought this Rod would have a soft enough tip for the trebles. I was throwing these on a heavy fiberglass crankbait rod raised to 2 ounces but the Rod was physically too heavy to fish all day comfortably (Fiberglass composite). My question, upgrade hooks? Use different Rod? I'm thinking of going to a 1/0 hook any suggestions. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Change the hooks or lighten the drag. The line should have been the item that stretched not the hook. SEMassBass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 No photo? And what brand of hooks come stock on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkEeeeee Fisherman Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Sorry brotha, thought I attached it originally. Looks like a gammy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeshark Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Bucca says they are kvd hooks. Definitely swap the hooks BigSlant and FunkEeeeee Fisherman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 I don't use touched up chemically sharpened hooks for long. I only touch em up in emergency situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Bucca says they are kvd hooks. Definitely swap the hooks Mustad claims sharpness..that may be but the do bend to hell..def swap em with some 2x-3x owners..or some decoy quads basskickinrednick, FunkEeeeee Fisherman, bdpettit and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadenw16 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 I only fish owners. Ive bent out my gammy hooks on a 250 on a big fish. Owners are the strongest and sharpest hooks I've ever fished. I always swap stock hooks for owner. FunkEeeeee Fisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaitman Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Mustad claims sharpness..that may be but the do bend to hell..def swap em with some 2x-3x owners..or some decoy quads owners or the quads for sure FunkEeeeee Fisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkEeeeee Fisherman Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Owners it is! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskickinrednick Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Plus 1 on owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceaser Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Sometime even when u have 3x hooks or the right rod and line hooks will bend. When they get hooks in a weird way on the face/gill plate its just a leverage thing. But def find a hook that you have on hand and change often. I havent used kvs but owner or quads are hard to beat biggfeast, MrBadExample and Lakeshark 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Sometime even when u have 3x hooks or the right rod and line hooks will bend. When they get hooks in a weird way on the face/gill plate its just a leverage thing. But def find a hook that you have on hand and change often. I havent used kvs but owner or quads are hard to beat Kvd are Mustad..braid will straighten those out first hookset..hard time believing KVD uses those..but for sure I've straightened owners on braid too but very rarely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Basser Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Remember though, Kevin is throwing much smaller/lighter baits 99% of the time, on setups that are light enough to keep from straightening out hooks. Unfortunate circumstances Dustin, it's happened to the best of em. Owners are definitely one of the sharpest outta the package, and usually the quickest to lose that needle like point, especially with their cutting point. Since a good friend turned me onto short shank Gami's, I've never looked back, been running same hooks on some baits all season now and after numerous fish still sticky sharp! But I'm also an anti -"lock the drag" guy, I always set mine with around 20% of the line rating for swimbaits and reaction baits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Theory with the kvds is they are wide so you are getting a bigger hook for its size. I like em on my pats and think they are cranking hooks, but would never use on big baits where a 2x strength is necessary imo. Those big baits add so much force on the hooksett too. Like slammers would never think of using a kvd on em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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