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Originally Posted by wheresmy50
I'd always thought bass straighten plug hooks by either using the other hook or the plug body to put more strain on the hook than they could just by pulling? I never thought it was possible that they could do this just by pulling on the drag - I mean, guys use 3/0 34007s on red gills and land pretty nice fish.
But I've been wrong before, so shapies - is it drag or something else?
-Ty
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I've straightened a 4x VMC treble on a approx. 26" bass once. My drag was tight and I was skipping the fish across the surface and all of a sudden the plug came flying back at me and stuck into my waders.
One straightened tine on the treble, clearly caused just by the force of me pulling too hard.
On a side note, I don't think I've straightened hooks even once on a striper this year. Softer surf stick, lighter drag, more patience, and a lot of oppurtunities to test my adjustments this year has me convinced drag pressure is the often the cause.
If the fish wasn't rubbing it's face in the bottom, the failure is likely to be somewhat drag related. Whether it's the reel's drag or increased pressure from line being wrapped around a rock or something like that.
I wonder if a fish running away from you with 2 tines of the treble well buried and the eye pointing towards the bass' nose could make a hook look like that. If the fish was running away one tine would likely straighten, the other would push in, and then your fish pops off and your hook comes back looking like that. Leverage yes, but drag pressure too.