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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | Have people been loosing fish with the newer batches of 3/0 35656BR mustads?
I have some you could bend out with your fingers!
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Location: Hayward, WI | Never had a problem. Never lost a fish that got hooks on a Weagle that I can remember. I caught a chunky 48 incher on the 8 inch Weagle. Had the drag tighter than I should have, and the fish took a couple runs with me being a little too slow in the thumb bar. I was praying the hooks didn't bend out, but they were fine. I think there was a tine or two slightly bent out on the hooks, but that could have happened in the net as far as I know. You might want to back off just a tiny bit on the drag or make sure you're ready to free spool, but I wouldn't worry about the hooks bending out on you.
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Edited by curleytail 4/11/2009 10:22 PM
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Location: KY | Make sure you don’t have the Mustad 35647 hook. It is the same as the 35656BR but much thinner. I Picked up some of the 35647 by mistake at Gander mtn. They look the same but are nowhere near as strong as the 35656. |
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| Put eagle claws or VMCs on it. I can't believe anyone uses the small mustads. The 7/0s are fine, but the 3/0 wide gap that the shallow invader, phantoms, weagle etc.... use, man!!!!!!!! No thanks I'll use a hook I cant pinch flat with my fingers! |
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Location: oswego, il | I actually like those hooks. Never had any issues. They do hook up well being thin. If you don't horse the fish and freespool, I have never had one straighten out except for in the net. I think they are easier on the fish too as far as damage and releasing. I even use them for suckers and trolling baits. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | ??? I have some right here and they are very stout IMO. Can't bend mine with my fingers at all. The wire diameter on the 3/0 35656BR is 0.0695 (1.76mm). Just an FYI the 6/0 3551 Mustads are 0.0695 (1.76mm) diameter too. |
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| I've even bent the 7/0s, Fish with soft hooks if you want!
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Location: oswego, il | Here are the last two fish of the season, on suckers on those hooks. I have seen the difference between a 4x hook and a thin wire hook in my hooking percentages. I have seen too many fish just let go of a bait with 4x hooks on it that had never been hooked.
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| This is the first time I have ever heard a complaint about the hooks on the Weagle. If I heard complaints I would have made a change.
Lots of fish, and plenty of big ones, have been caught on Weagles using those hooks so I guess I don't see an issue with them. Those are the same hooks on a Phantom also...plenty of fish caught on those baits without issue as well.
Personal preference I guess, but results speak for themselves. Until I see an issue with the hooks I will stick with them.
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | What I should have wrote was that I was finding inconsistentencies in Mustad's batches of the regular Weagle hooks of late. So I was wondering if it was resulting in people losing fish,not knocking Baldy's choice of hook at ALL! Love the hook!!!
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