Kinked Shank Rotating Worm Hooks

[JayDub]

When my dad got me into worm fishing, just about all he used was these hooks that looked like they had been bent in the middle.  I knew it was suppose to be like that and figured it made the hook do something different. I grew up using those hooks and they seemed to work really well.  Now, you can't hardly find them, or atleast I can't.  My question is, does anyone else use these?  And for those of you that have actually used them before, what kind of effect do you think they have?

I just remember never really having any trouble what so ever hooking bass and keeping them on.  Of course, all i used back then were worms and not creature baits and so on.

[jdw174]

You're obviously referring to Tru-Turn hooks, and yes, they're still available.  Haven't used them for a long time.  They always seemed to me to require a good sharpening before using them.  Check WalMart's fishing dept.  Also available thru some catalog outlets.

[Matt Fly]

I was introduced to them in the 80's, I had two break in the bends on San Vicente resorvoir in Cali.   Never used them again, I lost two large bass.

Matt

[5bass]

He may be referring to the Eagle Claw L045's which are offset worm hooks with a bend thru the middle. I still use them to this day. If you lay a regular worm hook flat between two pages in a closed book and pull it out, you dont grab any paper. If you lay a kinked shank (L045) between two pages in a closed book, when you pull the hook out, you grab paper because the hook point is not inline with the shank. When you begin to pull, the point starts digging into the paper. Try it. The closed book obviously represents a fishes mouth.

Alot of times when the fish bites down on a kinked hook, no matter what angle your hook is, the point has penetrated a little skin before you do anything. I'm not saying that the kinked worm hooks are necessarily better than conventional worm hooks but if you're having trouble with hooking fish, you might want to give the kinked hooks a try.

[Raul]

For many years I fished with straight shank hooks, fine, then when Tru Turns came out I tried them, not only they needed a good honing but also I began noticing that many of the fish came hooked in the eye socket ( the hook penetrated the mouth and the point penetrated the eye sicket from behind the eye ) I fished with them no more, I 've also fished with the ones 5BL mentions, the Eagle Claws, good hooks but not for delicate thin baits like finesse worms and such, the wire is quite heavy and tears to pieces the bait.

[5bass]

I 've also fished with the ones 5BL mentions, the Eagle Claws, good hooks but not for delicate thin baits like finesse worms and such, the wire is quite heavy and tears to pieces the bait.

Good point Raul. I mainly use the L045's with regular sized worms, not for finesse type stuff.

[JayDub]

BINGO Fivebasslimit!  Those are the hooks I used and really think they work pretty good.  I never used those Tru-turn hooks, they just look cheap and have no Offset to keep your worm up.  Those Eagleclaw L045's are the ones, and I'm going to order some.  ;D