I want the hook that is going to stick ‘em when they just get near it! Why use the round bend over all others? There are three reasons to make this choice.įirst, as alluded to previously, the round bend treble hook is acknowledged as the best hook for a finicky bass bite.
I want to use the treble hook design that is going to “trap ‘em” on those tough days so I can maximize my limited hours on the water, making casts instead of sitting on the deck of the boat changing treble hooks on my crankbaits. Let’s face it: There are more tough days on the water than easy ones.
If an angler has that situation covered, other situations will take care of themselves. It makes the most sense to deploy the treble hook design that shines brightest when bass bites are less than aggressive. So, why would a round bend treble hook be any less effective when bass are completely engulfing a bait? The answer is round bends are also just as effective in those situations. It is acknowledged throughout the industry that the round bend is the best choice for situations when bass are not completely eating a bait. There is no doubt that the original round bend style of treble hook is the way to go on all lipped and lipless crankbaits, as well as topwater baits. When a bass bites, Kitana round bend trebles “bite” back! The characteristics of a Kitana treble fit together perfectly. Kitana round bend treble hooks are strong, durable, and chemically sharpened. It stakes its reputation on a tried-and-true round bend treble hook. Kitana Hooks is a company that applies this principle to its treble hook design. While acknowledging the validity of the application of some treble hook designs to maximize hookup and landing success in very specific situations and agreeing that some degree of an attention to detail is an asset of most successful bass anglers, my advice regarding treble hooks is to apply the KISS principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Spending significant dollars to have every available design of treble hook at your disposal, then wasting time on the water changing styles of hooks on your crankbait after second-guessing your original hook choice is neither a description of angling efficiency nor a portrait of bass catching success. Therefore, decisions on and off the water must be efficient, maximizing the amount of benefit for the cost invested. Is your head swimming like a ball of shad fleeing a school of five pounders as you sort through the countless scenarios referenced in the treble hook “rule book”?įor most bass chasers, both angling budgets and time on the water are limited at best. Oh, and don’t forget to use short-shanked trebles to reduce the leverage a bass has to throw a bait by decreasing the distance between the hook bend and the bait itself. The same book says to employ EWG treble hooks when the bass are engulfing a bait. The “rule book” says to use round bend treble hooks when bass are slapping at a bait and not fully committing to it. And, as one might expect, there are a myriad of rules and guidelines dedicated to deciding which treble hook style to deploy in each situation. There are round bend hooks, short-shanked hooks, heavy wire hooks, “sure set” hooks, super line hooks, “triple grip” hooks, and EWG hooks. The variations have become much more complex compared to the design I described in the previous paragraph. We all know what that looks like, right?Īs companies try to “build a better bass trap”, the design of the treble hook has undergone an evolution. A sharp point and a barb reside at the end of each short upward bend.
Each extends downward a certain distance turning outward and bending back upward a shorter distance. Three hook shanks emerge from just below the eye of the hook. All bass anglers are intimately familiar with the basic design of a treble hook. Now, let’s narrow the focus to one particular type of widely used hook, the treble hook. What was/is the original “bass trap”? Easy answer: It is the fishing hook. Let us take a step back and ask a question. Choices are virtually limitless, leading anglers to suffer from chronic indecision, standing in a tackle aisle for seemingly hours deciding among this, that, or the other. Lure makers and component designers are more than happy to offer countless options from which to choose. Every angler is constantly on the lookout for a better “bass trap”. We have all heard the old saying attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” Those very words ring loud and true in the sport of bass fishing.
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