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| I just got my pelagic from Lee today.I also received some samples of the new Mustard Triple Grip musky versions. They have sizes up to 7/0.Those are 6/0 on the pelagic. Has any one tried these hooks yet and what do you think. BTW thanks Lee
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Location: Money, PA | I could be wrong but, I would think for trolling, I'd rather have a wider gap hook rather than the hooks turned in like that...Once a fish is hooked, they seem like they would be good at keeping them hooked. However, on short strikers, this turned in hook style might be a disadvantage. Just my .02
All you can do is give them some time on the water and see....Good Luck |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | X2! Not a good concept in mho. |
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Location: Grand Rapids MN | I love triple grips on my walleye cranks and they work well. The gap is supposed to be the same opening as comparable sized round bends so there is no "gap lose". They were made to help not get thrown if a bass or walleye's soft tissue opens up while fighting. Not sure how penetration would be though with the points not in line with shank. Could be less force going into the points. Once hooked though I think they would help.
Give them a try. |
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Location: Minnesota. | bigbite - 4/9/2015 7:52 AM
X2! Not a good concept in mho.
X3 here. Haven't seen them yet myself. I have trouble finding better hooks than Gama's, which most of my baits currently wear.
Good to have choices! |
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| I do not like those hooks at all for casting or trolling, IMO I really think you will miss some fish with them.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: Grand Marais, MN | I think they are worth a try, kavajecz and parsons use em and they sure won a lot of money on em. And walleyes mouths are harder to set hooks into than Muskies in my experience |
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Location: Not where I want to be! | I've used them quite a bit casting in the smaller sizes. I think they went up to 2/0 before. They are great hookers, really pins 'em. Be prepared to use your hook cutters. They are hard to unhook without cutting. |
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| I used Eagle claw 374 with good experience. |
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Location: SE, WI. | The triples I got from thornes, 5/0,6/0,7/0, were way too beefy for my liking. I like the 3/0's and down in the 1X strong. Tons of money won on this hook especially in the walleye and bass circuits. It is a awesome hook when applied properly!!! There are parameters! You just need to spend some time and figure out the hooking percentages. This hook is NOT new. Just the 4/0+ sizes are. JD |
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Location: Canada | I used these on a couple of trolling lures last season on LSC without any issues. Landed a few fish and never thought twice about the hooks ... |
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Location: oswego, il | I use the hooks alot on small cranks for bass, walleye, salmon and everything that will hit a shad rap or flimr shad, even muskies. They hook up very well. Would be interested in trying a musky size. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | I used to see certain Raps, flicker shads, and bandit cranks for walleye/bass with the triple grip hooks. I had very poor hookups, especially with 'slashing' fish like smallmouth and or trout with them and I've since swapped out the triples for mini 774's on most little cranks. One other thing I've noticed, at least on some of the recent Berkely flicker shads with the nickel colored triple grip hooks, is that I broke the hook about one out of three times unhooking a walleye. With that said, I'd expect the Musky sized hooks to be of a strong caliber, but based on my experience with the smallest sizes, I'll steer clear. |
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Location: SE, WI. |
Jason , sounds like you had some bad experience with some of the mustad triple grips. For small cranks and spinners, I prefer the Eagle Claw Kahle treble. same concept hook, with a tad larger elbow. I rarely lost a fish on this hook. Before the heavier trebs came out, I boated musky up to 50.5" on the kahle's. #2 wire treble, which was the largest hook of this type at that time. I did have one straighten in the early years on this hook because of a jump by a 48" class fish. ( again it was a wire hook)! Again, like I said in my previous post. With Some time with these hooks, I believe good results in your favor can happen. But, one must be comfortable with their set up! Kind of funny though...I used the small 774's on small cranks, and lost fish:) If you need some Kahle's #2's to try, I have about 600 extra's:) JD |
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Location: north central wisconsin | I'd be delighted to try a few of those hooks. I pinch barbs on my little Ugly Ducklings and shad raps for trout and rarely lose fish on the mini 774's. I like the idea of a wire hook though, so can bend if necessary. Walleye fishing so far this spring has seen low river levels and plenty of fish holding near shallow snags, meaning lost crankbaits. At $7-$9 a pop these days, they're almost worth going swimming for. |
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Location: oswego, il | The only time I had issue with the hooks were in the net with a sheepshead or big cat. They broke rapala stock hooks too. Small light wire, I expect failure when hooked in the net, same with musky hooks in that situation. |
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