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Originally Posted by luds
you can bend the trebles.
bass dawg,
careful with the gami octopus hooks. those will snap.
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I don't know about the Gami octopus, but a fish can bend any treble. 3x, 4x, 6x---don't matter.
Pulled hooks--even 9/0 jig hooks, are part of the game when you use a stiff rod, heavy braid and a tight drag. This year, I wound up using my All Star 1208 more, and found that I cut down pulled hooks measurably over the 1209. The 1208 has enough bend to the tip section, but it has a very strong mid-to-butt section and a lot of lifting power. There are still some places in the Canal where you have to horse the fish and the choice is pressure it to the limit of your gear and risk pulling the hook, or have it get around some nasty junk and risk the line abrading to the breaking point.
Pulled hooks, though, will happen on any rod. I dropped the biggest fish--well, what felt like the biggest fish anyway
--that I hooked up with in the Canal using a 132 1M which is a relatively soft, parabolic rod. No slack, constant pressure on the fish, and the hooks just tore loose. Sometimes it's the angle between you and the fish
