So hear me out, if I had to catch a burger with my mouth at high speeds. I'd personally try and eat the burger with the least visible hook. (Less terminal the better is my motto.)
Do you guys ever switch out the standard size hooks with something smaller? I feel like it would present better, catch smaller bites, and snag less. Anyone have experience in these matters?
Posted by LawnMowerProductions
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I am also curious about this. Good question. It seems to make sense.
For me it depends on the fish and the lure. Some lure just wouldn’t sink or float at certain depth, some fish would obliterate the hook, giant snakehead-so I change to thick silver saltwater ones or some with different jaw types and bone density on the mouth(thick/thin), I would also change it depending on the place if it has high chances of snagging in which case I would change to single hook and then reverse the first hook
Bigger hooks get the tip out more to be able to hook up, especially on bigger baits. So yes, less snags, probably also a lot less chance of hooking up on a strike. With smaller hooks they would have to hit it perfectly to likely hook up.
Also think you are way overthinking the hooks. A crank bait is a reaction bait, they aren’t sitting and staring at it. They see it, it looks like food, they bite it. Also you are throwing them often in not clear water. So seeing the hooks is unlikely. Plus add that you are 10-12 ft underwater, light is cut down even more. So seeing the hooks is even less likely.
Bass don’t have human brains. They don’t really reason or anything like that. We have figured out they can notice a pattern if presented over and over, but even that’s a bit much. Even for their size, they don’t have big brains for deep thinking. They are reaction based. See food, looks like food, eat food.