Jerkbait Hooks

[swmofisher]

Recently a friend of mine hooked an easy 5lber and an easy 8lber. The 5 threw the hooks and the 8+ straightened the hook at the boat. The jerkbait was a rogue with #6 hooks on it, so I switched out the hooks for VMC spark point 4x hooks. I'm wondering if I could change the tail hook to a sureset like on rapalas for extra security. Anyone have experience with these hooks?

[A-Jay]

Most after market trebles are an upgrade from stock hooks though there are a few exceptions.

 

 But I am not a fan of sureset hooks at all.

 

Lost fish is my reason.

 

A-Jay

[BradH]

On suspending baits be careful with the hooks you use.  Those 2x and up hooks can really throw off the way the lure sits on the pause.  Most of the time a quality short shank, round bend treble 1x or 2x gets the job done.  I use my reloading scale to match what came on the lures to get close.

[Deleted account]

I usually use gammy round bends, but I just painted and ballasted a JB and I grabbed what I had on hand, those wide gap brown ones (triple grip maybe). I likes!, they are staying pinned really good, I may use these more. You can't go wrong with a short shank good quality hook.

[Scott F]

I caught so many fish on a LC Pointer that the short shank hooks broke off. I replaced them with what I had which were long shank hooks and the bait would not suspend anymore. 

[swmofisher]

I figured there would be problems with suspending jerkbaits so I bought a floater put one size bigger hooks on it, from a 6 to a 4, and it suspended by adding one split ring. Im fine with doing that if it means not losing big fish by having bigger hooks.