Which Do You Use More, Light Wire Or Thicker Wire Hooks?

[Catch and Grease]

I see a lot of people using light wire hooks and saying that everyone should use them because the hook sets can be so much easier and yadda yadda, I was just wondering how many of you guys actually use them.

Most of my fishing is done with ethier braid in the 30-50lb range or FC in the 12-14 lb range so I don't use light wire much. However on my light spinning setups with really small braid or FC I'll throw on a light wire hook.

[Catt]

I fish where a double digit bass is possible on any cast and cover is quite dense. I've seen evidence light wire hooks flex on hookset allowing it to slide before digging.

I set hook with authority & the only thing I want flexing is my rod!

[BassinLou]

I use thin or heavy hooks depending on where and how I am going to fish. I use thinner hooks in lighter applications and thicker hooks when I transition into power fishing applications. 

[David D.]

I only use thin wire hooks when I've got my drop shot rig in my hand.

[Raul]

It really depends in what you fish and where you fish. If you fish with thin line you're going to have problems trying to set the hook with a thick wire one. Thinner hooks penetrante with less effort. So there's a lot of variables. I say that in my case it's 60 percent thick 40 percent light.

[Jrob78]

I fish where a double digit bass is possible on any cast and cover is quite dense. I've seen evidence light wire hooks flex on hookset allowing it to slide before digging.

I set hook with authority & the only thing I want flexing is my rod!

Me too

[iabass8]

The only thin wire hooks I use are on a DS.  Everything else is heavy gauge.

[OkobojiEagle]

Yes, I use light wire hooks and I play the fish accordingly.

 

 

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[Bluebasser86]

I prefer heavier or standard wire hooks. Thin wire hooks are for finesse fishing only. 

[RoLo]

It's true that the thinner the wire diameter the lower the penetration resistance of the hook, but that's not the whole story

Thin wire hooks are also more rubbery than stout wire hooks, and the lateral torquing of a rubbery hook subtracts

from the penetration force. With a rigid heavy-wire hook, all the striking force is given to hook penetration.

The danger of course is using fat-wire hooks with light line which make it difficult to set the hook beyond the barb.

I used to fish with monofilament line, and my line-test pretty much dictated the maximum wire diameter of my hook.
Now that I use braided line, I only use heavy-wire hooks and am not worried about line-stretch

deducting from my hook-set force.

 

Roger

[OK Bass Hunter]

Unless I'm using a thick plastic bait, I usually use a light wire hook.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Heavy wire hooks 90% of the time for me.

[MikeinFresno]

light tackle is fine wire. I use it probly the most as I do 75% drop shotting.

[gobig]

I use light wire hooks on finesse presentations like dropshot, nail weighted trickworm, dartheads, shakeyheads and some of my jigs.

[hoosierbass07]

I don't pay attention to light or heavy hooks. I just buy the gamakatsu hooks I find in Walmart - 1/0 to 5/0 in round bend and wide gap. I use six pound to 10 pound mono. I choose the hook based on the soft plastic I'm using. If I found decent hooks in the local Walmart and gander mountain that I could get in light wire and heavy wire hooks I would probably focus on those. But since Walmart and the local gander mountain only carry regular gamakatsu hooks I just buy those hooks.