Cutty fish are strong

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by wheresmy50

I mean, guys use 3/0 34007s on red gills and land pretty nice fish.



-Ty

a redgill is soft and flexible, thus the single hook is under hardly any leverage, while a trebble on a 9 or 12 inch plug is under a great deal of leverage..... its hard to explain, but think of a bass taking a 12 inch needle by the tail and then the belly hook foul hooks on the bass's gill plate, while your reeling the fish in, the needle is pointing away from you and has 6 inches of leverage between the nose loop and the belly hook, so for every poound of pressure you pull on it, the hook is recieving much much more force.

[Saltheart]

Leverage between the multiple hooks or the lure body or something external (rocks , ec) bends the hooks. Unlikely just a pull from the fish will bend the hooks except ofr a rare straightening caused if the tip is stuck but doesn't penetrate to the bend. A staright pull on just the tip can staighten them mbut unlikely it could bend them all mangled like that.