question about hooks

[mrmacey]

went out today last night i put 40# line on my reels bought sinkers and striped bass hooks was all set got out there had some good fish on and then gone would bite right through my hook line, 3 hooks and fish finders gone so i opened an old tube took wire and hook out said ill find out whats down there bang a beautiful blue fish my question is why do they sell bass hooks on mono knowing your gonna get in blues and there gonna bite right through it but all in all it was awsome out there today not rough at all off of brenton reef needed this day to bring me back to sanity

[Jenn]

my best guess would be that most people claim bass dont like wire!!!! and with mono you dont ALWAYS loose to the blues....

[JohnR]

Angler preference.

Why do stores sell you mono instead of steel when the blues are around? 'Cause you'll buy it - seriously, you shuld buy both but it's also cheaper to buy good hooks seperately from pre made rigs. You can put on wire when the gators are in and keep the mono lines when it's just bass...

I'm in the group that much prefers mono over steel for bass and I'll often still fish a heavy mono leader if blues are around.

Oh, and before you start complaining about the costs of hooks & fishfinders, try eelfishing for big gals when a school of blus shreds them up

[Van]

When I know there a blues around, but i don't want to switch to
steel cause I may get a bass.
I tie on a mono leader of 80# about 2 feet long. I also use long shank hooks----special brand (shhhhh!!).
So if I get a blue, I can get it in b4 he cuts through the heavy mono (usually), and I still have a chance at a bass.

Good Luck..