Gamakatsu Or Trokar??

[Jon G]

Ever since I started using soft plastics I have been using Gamakatsus. Now I have sort of wanted to try Trokars and wondered what is better. Gamakatsu or Trokar?

[pbizzle]

I've used trokars, but they get dull to fast for how much they cost. 

[S_Miketa6]

For me they're both great options, Trokars are a lot sharper but a little more expensive, I just buy the cheapest one at the time I'm buying so mainly Gamakatsus!

Hope that helps.

[webertime]

The blade-like edge on Trokar's point, SHREDS plastic baits when texposing. Gammy's all the way.

[kylek]

The blade-like edge on Trokar's point, SHREDS plastic baits when texposing. Gammy's all the way.

 

I use Gammys for this same reason. 

[flyfisher]

I like trokars and buy them when they are on sale every spring at BPS but i don't hesitate to throw a gammy either.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

If you're fishing close or around rock, gammy  if at distance non-rocky areas with fluoro line, trokar. Trokars sharpness offsets fluoros stretch and less hooksetting power on longer casts. Now if braid user both seem to work for me but still prefer trokar. I definately notice the ease of hookset on my lighter powered rods vs other brands and how deeply they penetrate.

Trokars arent cost prohibitive for a try'em once to find out sort of deal what $2-$3 more a pack the only thing is you may get hooked on them.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Owner. 

 

Hard to go wrong with Gamy or Trokars, but I usually spend my money on Owner hooks.  

[ww2farmer]

Not a fan of Trokars, for the reasons listed above. They seem to rust fast, the tip durability, and they shred plastics. Gamakatsu's have been my hook of choice for years, but VMC is winning me over with there line of "Ike" approved stuff.

[Bluebasser86]

I get by just fine with VMC, H2O, and BPS worm hooks. Trokars are scary sharp, great for light line fishing when you need a hook to penetrate easily with less force. I go through too many hooks due to zebra mussel cut offs to fish expensive hooks anymore. 

[roadwarrior]

Well, we all spend a lot of money on tackle and gear. There are lots of options for saving

money, but hooks and line are too important to skimp over pocket change. I carry a variety

of hooks that seem to accumulate just from experimenting with different.

 

Moaner hooks are made by Mustad. I have never had an issue. Owner XXX make a statement

and I like them on Siebert Outdoors jigs. VMV are standard on Lucky Craft lures and the Katsuage

that Megabass use are killer! I think the Trokar are an advantage for soft plastics, especially with 

light line. I consider the Daiichi XPoint the best hook made.

 

So, with all that said, Gamakatsu is still my main hook brand especially their Octopus Circle Hooks.

[smalljaw67]

I like the Trokar flipping hook over the Gammy simply because it is sharper but the Gammy has a bad bait keeper that keeps getting pulled down on hooksets. I like the HD worm hook from Trokar for fishing fluke style baits, they are a round bend and that style hook works better for fluke baits as they don't slide down the hook like the EWG hooks but you need a shap hook to use that style on fluke baits and Trokars are shaper. All 3, Owner, Gamakatsu, and Trokar are good premium hooks and all 3 have cutting points that will tear a larger hole in a fish's mouth if you hook them in the corner of the mouth, I tried them all and for heavy plastics like flukes or creatures then you need a premium hook but other baits the VMC, Mustad, and Eagle Claw Laser Sharps all have needle points, VMC calls theirs "cone cut, Mustad calls theirs "ultra point", and Laser Sharp calls theirs "needle point", what that does is allows for quick penetration by way of a puncture, it does take slightly more pressure to set the hook with these hooks but when I say slightly I mean slightly, the points are just as sharp as the premium hooks but they don't have a cutting edge and they do offer a distinct advantage and that is once they penetrate they usually stay in and even light hooked fish are landed more often as the hooks of this type don't cut like the other. The disadvantage is with heavier plastics as they push through rather than cut through, going through a thick creature bait into a fish's mouth take  considerably much more force to get through than it does for the cutting point hooks. On jigs and spinnerbaits you want the ultra point hooks, on cranks both work well with an edge to the cutting points when it comes to the smaller trebles, and heavy plastics you want the cutting edge as well.

[Catt]

Mustad

[MarkH024]

The blade-like edge on Trokar's point, SHREDS plastic baits when texposing. Gammy's all the way.

X2. Too much wasted plastics from them

[Montanaro]

not spending trokar money for it to shred my plastic and get lodged in a branch...

[Craiger12]

Owner

[Montanaro]

was thinkin of trying vmc ike approved. saw where it has a 3* offset...is that an advantage?

[pbizzle]

not spending trokar money for it to shred my plastic and get lodged in a branch...

This made me laugh because I just bent out my last trokar when I got it caught up in a brush pile.

[Stingray23]

Been using Gamakatsu since day 1.

[Munkin]

Depends on the situation I am fishing  as to what hook works the best. Trial and error is the only way to find out what works best for you. I do not own any Trokar hooks because they are expensive compared to others and a lot of people I know that used them say the points roll. For jigs I like a Gamakatsu hook most of the time but creature baits nothing beats a Mustad  tube hook.

 

Allen

[SudburyBasser]

Gamakatsu generally but I have also been known to use the BPS brand as well. I never mind spending top dollar if something works they way I need it to but I find Trokar to be too expensive for the issues they have that others have brought up earlier.

[A-Jay]

Owner Wide Gap Plus Black Chrome

 

A-Jay

[dreamertino]

Owner

[CPBassFishing]

Owner!

[derekxec]

i mainly use owner but if they dont have the owner i want ill find a gama thats like the one i want

 

owner has been a great hook that is very sharp and doesnt dull, break or bend easily and those are all the things i want in a hook so no reason to spend an extra $2-3 really