What to do with bent hooks?

[zbigbadaaron]

I have many hooks that are bent due to snags. Could I bend them back in place and use them again? Or should I just send them to the trash. They are gamy's if that helps.  :

[Bryce C]

I always toss out hooks and lures like jigs once I've bent the hook. Maybe just personal preference, but I feel like once I've weakened the hook that there's always the possibility of it breaking under the stress of fighting a fish. Just my opinion.

[DINK WHISPERER]

I agree with the above as well! I put mine in match boxes then in ziplock bags(safety) and toss em!

[burleytog]

They go over the side of the boat.

[Big-O]

I mainly use superline (heavy guage) hooks on everything. I have in fact bent them back into shape once or twice when I was in a pinch for time or hooks. And for sure with screwlock or swimbait hooks and jigs, one time bending back will often take place if they're only slightly opened up.

Big O

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[grimlin]

I never reuse mine...I toss them in the trash..

[Koop]

I put them in my rainy day box along with ripped sebkos and torn up plastics etc.  I will usually repair them once a month or so and use them as loners when someone comes out and doesn't bring their own tackle or asks for stuff constantly

[Muddy]

They go over the side of the boat.

along with said cigarette butts, from other thread.

[Fishing Rhino]

I've been lucky.  The hooks on the Jackall Wacky Jig Heads are lightweight, and do bend when snagged on a rock.

It doesn't take much to bend them.  I've been bending them back into position, and yet to have one break while a fish is hooked.  

But I've had them break while performing the second or third "reconditioning".

[Zilch]

I'll bend it back unless it feels like it is about to fail. At that point I'll grab a new one and put the old in a trash bag. I'm not fishing for cash so if I lose one to a failed hook I just assume it was a giant.

[Steven Ladner]

Straight in the trash...

[roadwarrior]

Straight in the trash...

Good advice, I have nothing to add.

8-)

[aarogb]

    Throw all your Gammie's in the trash, bent or not and get Owner hooks.

     

    Seriously though, when I do bend a hook I throw it away.

   

[D4u2s0t]

I will not re-use a bent hook.  I buy in bulk, usually 50 at a time, and get them so cheap that it's not worth having it break off and lose a fish.  The chance of that happening is slim, but i'd be pretty upset if I lost a fish because of a damaged hook, when I have hundreds of brand new hooks.

[JacobK]

i have never bent a hook, the fish don't get big enough to do that here in MI.  ;D ;D ;D ;D

[JohnMac]

dont bend it back and chance breaking off that monster. Your hooks are one of the cheaper parts of your equipment. Throw on a new one and catch that pig