What is the best punching hook?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:56 am
I've read a bunch of reviews on TW, curious to see what you have to say. I love trokar worm hooks but I have heard the punch hooks fold like a paper clip.
You don't punch with a straight shank hook? I even regular Texas Rig with a straight shank hook. I use wide gaps for worms only and mainly weightless.Teal101 wrote:I use these, have yet to bend em out. Well wxcept that time we lifted a tree up to get a snag out
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Wi ... O5139.html
Not one bad review on TW, I'll give them a go. Can't have enough wide gap hooks.Teal101 wrote:I use these, have yet to bend em out. Well wxcept that time we lifted a tree up to get a snag out
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Owner_Wi ... O5139.html
+1ccass wrote:Trokar TK130. Only hook I'll use for flipping. Never bent out or rolled a tip yet. Been using them for about 4 years now.
That's interesting, I've had good luck with those hooks so far. I haven't used them a lot though.Finnz922 wrote:Not the Gamakatsu . The damn keeper will come loose and twist your bait.
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakats ... -GHSF.html
These are the best hooks I have found for punching really heavy cover / usually thick hydrilla and you are spot on about the hook keeper failing. I mitigate that by using Jb weld to make a thin boot around the keeper. The jb weld is slicker than the surface of the keeper and thus allows the vegetation to slide over the keeper vice constantly molesting the keeper itself. Kind of like a condom for the keeper section. Wish i didn't have to do this, but the hook is that good that I take the time to armor it up.Finnz922 wrote:Not the Gamakatsu . The damn keeper will come loose and twist your bait.
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakats ... -GHSF.html
Good to know. I am a huge Gammy fan, but this hook really pissed me off. I will have to try that.soulfisher wrote:These are the best hooks I have found for punching really heavy cover / usually thick hydrilla and you are spot on about the hook keeper failing. I mitigate that by using Jb weld to make a thin boot around the keeper. The jb weld is slicker than the surface of the keeper and thus allows the vegetation to slide over the keeper vice constantly molesting the keeper itself. Kind of like a condom for the keeper section. Wish i didn't have to do this, but the hook is that good that I take the time to armor it up.Finnz922 wrote:Not the Gamakatsu . The damn keeper will come loose and twist your bait.
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakats ... -GHSF.html
Yeah I would have moved on to another hook as well if someone had not shown me this trick.Finnz922 wrote:Good to know. I am a huge Gammy fan, but this hook really pissed me off. I will have to try that.soulfisher wrote:These are the best hooks I have found for punching really heavy cover / usually thick hydrilla and you are spot on about the hook keeper failing. I mitigate that by using Jb weld to make a thin boot around the keeper. The jb weld is slicker than the surface of the keeper and thus allows the vegetation to slide over the keeper vice constantly molesting the keeper itself. Kind of like a condom for the keeper section. Wish i didn't have to do this, but the hook is that good that I take the time to armor it up.Finnz922 wrote:Not the Gamakatsu . The damn keeper will come loose and twist your bait.
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Gamakats ... -GHSF.html