All of these questions are about maintenance and preparedness. Some take care of these questions as a hobby or something to do as they wait on their next outing. Others do this as a means of preparedness, these are the folks who view hooks as tools and need to have them clean, sharp and ready for the next use.
I fall in the latter maintenance/prepper. Well heck, really I am OCD about it as I don’t want to leave any stone unturned or have the possibility of a fish besting me because I was lazy or forgot to take care of business.
The other thing is what's the right hook for the job? I mostly jig lakers and walleyes. The hooks on my rods are Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp or Trokar Hooks. These are fail safe out of the package, once you get accustomed to how a quality sharp hook performs on a low stretch line like Fins Wind Tamer braid you will immediately know when something is off in your set up. Hopefully its not you. More on the you part in a future blog.
The answer to 'why I need a sharp hook anyway' is to start the penetration of the hook point as I move the rod or as the fish turns to swim away with the hook in position.
Like all sports visualization is the key. Look at a pack of hooks and see fish on your stringer!!!!!!!!
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