Rapala sure set?

[rboat]

I have heard good & bad about these sure set hooks. Should I keep them on or replace with a quality regular treble hook? Thanx.

[ww2farmer]

I hate them, first of all they are very light gauge wire and bend easy. Secondly, I crank alot of grass and wood and those darn things, contrary to Rapalas marketing claiming other wise, snag and grab any thing they come in conatact with. I have no doubt they are some fish sticking hooks, but in my applications they drive me nuts. I take them off and replace them with Mustad KVD's.

[.dsaavedra.]

they don't make any difference to me. if a bait has two of them though i'll take the front one off and swap it with the rear hook of a crank with regular hooks

[bigredxlt]

Its probably just me or the lure, but I have the sure sets on the smaller clackin raps and I havent caught anything and I mean nothing on either of them. I always end up going back an old chrome rattlin rap and catch more with that.

[Grey Wolf]

I personally don't like them.

[Nice_Bass]

I actually like them.  I have just been digging them in sand so no real snag threat.  So far so good.  Hook up ratio is nice, cant say it is much different than a regular treble, but it beats trying to get my finger nail into a ring to take it off and replace!

[njbasstracker]

I like them as well every time the longer hook is always the one sunk in hook ups seem good

[NateFollmer]

I hate them, first of all they are very light gauge wire and bend easy. Secondly, I crank alot of grass and wood and those darn things, contrary to Rapalas marketing claiming other wise, snag and grab any thing they come in conatact with. I have no doubt they are some fish sticking hooks, but in my applications they drive me nuts. I take them off and replace them with Mustad KVD's.

+2... I got stuck more than I caught anything with those hooks. I wouldn't recommend them unless you're fishing cover-less waters... Actually, I think I lost more lure with Sure Set hooks than I caught fish

[Vinny Chase]

I like to think the sure sets run the best with the stock hooks on. with saying that, i usually switch out all my hooks besides the SS.

Until i have a problem i don't find it necessary to switch them out.

[shootermcbob]

I fish around alot of rip-rap. The sure-sets hang up miserably. However, they are money for top water baits. I take them off any cranks I buy that may have them, and put them on my topwaters. they seem to be the part of the hook that catches the fish, even the ones who "slap" at the baits.

[SirSnookalot]

Not wild about ss hooks but I don't change a hook until it needs changing, then I only use saltwater hooks even for freshwater.

[ww2farmer]

I like to think the sure sets run the best with the stock hooks on. with saying that, i usually switch out all my hooks besides the SS.

Until i have a problem i don't find it necessary to switch them out.

Trust me, they run fine and catch fish with out the  sure sets.

[Micro]

I actually switched some regular trebles out for sure sets when I was having trouble with hook ups when fishing colder water.  It seemed to me that fish were slapping at the bait and I was getting a lot of hooks in the gills and side of the face.  Once I went to sure sets, my mouth hook ups went up.