Gamakatsu g-lock worm hooks

[CrashVector]

Bought some Friday, used them for the first time today.

 

I missed four fish in a row. Good bites, good hooksets, but couldn't get em.  The lures were balled up and such, but no fish.

 

Swapped back to my standard EWG hook and didn't miss a single fish for the rest of the day.

 

Just a heads up.

[paulmandude]

You heard it here first!  Gami’s are trash because this one guy says so!

[Deleted account]

5 minutes ago, paulmandude said:

You heard it here first!  Gami’s are trash because this one guy says so!

 

Why would anyone trust anything someone says that thinks EWGs have good hook up ratio? 

G-locks are EWGs and suck just as bad as all others. 

[CrashVector]

39 minutes ago, paulmandude said:

You heard it here first!  Gami’s are trash because this one guy says so!

Not all of them...just the g-locks.

 

The regular EWG gamakatsu are awesome.

32 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

 

Why would anyone trust anything someone says that thinks EWGs have good hook up ratio? 

 

 

Because I have a 95%+ hookup ratio using EWG hooks.

 

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1 hour ago, CrashVector said:

Because I have a 95%+ hookup ratio using EWG hooks.

 

Just added four 25 pks to my cart...

[CrashVector]

14 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

 

Just added four 25 pks to my cart...

Okay...congrats?

 

I'm just saying... You were the one implying that ewg hooks have a poor hookup ratio.

[Brad74x]

I use them all the time in 3/0 4/0 & 5/0 great hook up rates for me

[CrashVector]

Just now, Brad74x said:

I use them all the time in 3/0 4/0 & 5/0 great hook up rates for me

The ones I had are 3/0.  I could see the fish hit my lure.  I set the hook, and they'd just spit it four times in a row.

 

Swapped to the "normal" gamakatsu 3/0 EWG and didn't miss a single one after that.

 

Glad they work for you, but I definitely will not be buying any more of those

[Brad74x]

Yeah I don't know that's the only ewg hook I use any more I use the 3/0 for Texas rigged stick type baits and the 4/0 & 5/0 for thicker bodied baits

[CrashVector]

1 minute ago, Brad74x said:

Yeah I don't know that's the only ewg hook I use any more I use the 3/0 for Texas rigged stick type baits and the 4/0 & 5/0 for thicker bodied baits

It was a Texas rigged big trd.

 

For the record though, the thin wire 3/0 gamakatsu ewg hook is what I use on my pit Boss lures, and it has a nearly 100% hookup rate.

[Team9nine]

Just for perspective, here’s the two hooks in question aligned similarly. Differences are subtle, but still there. 
 

Standard EWG

 

G-lock EWG

[paulmandude]

40 minutes ago, CrashVector said:

It was a Texas rigged big trd.

 

For the record though, the thin wire 3/0 gamakatsu ewg hook is what I use on my pit Boss lures, and it has a nearly 100% hookup rate.

That’s the answer...Elaztec baits are super soft. I saw a Zman pro say(don’t remember who) he likes plain offset hooks with the hook point buried in the plastic ready to come out. Not the hook point laying flat against the worm like traditionally rigging an ewg. It seems the g-lock hook bends in a tiny bit, prob could open the gap some of you need to use them. 
i agree, I don’t have any problem using reg ol’ ewg hooks

[CrashVector]

1 hour ago, paulmandude said:

That’s the answer...Elaztec baits are super soft. I saw a Zman pro say(don’t remember who) he likes plain offset hooks with the hook point buried in the plastic ready to come out. Not the hook point laying flat against the worm like traditionally rigging an ewg. It seems the g-lock hook bends in a tiny bit, prob could open the gap some of you need to use them. 
i agree, I don’t have any problem using reg ol’ ewg hooks

 

 

 

Yep ..I have the point in the bait ready to come out on a hook set.

[waymont]

I have an excellent hookup ratio with G-Lock hooks. Never had an issue with them.

[J.Bass]

Personally I like all Gamatasku Hooks. I would say out of them all the EWG hooks are my favorite but I’ve used the G lock ones and still caught fish. To me it’s the operator who misses fish not the hook. I can tie on an eagle claw and still hook set a fish. It’s really the operator.