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Treble hooks

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Brandon Khoo:
Doug, you need to find a treble for a lure that has enough hook clearance to provide for clean hook-ups. If the hook is too small, the popper itself may impede a clean hook-up. You need to test the lure to make sure it will still float with the hook in question or that it doesn't get excessively weighed down. Even if the lure still floats, an excessively heavy hook for a popper, may cause it to spend too much time underwater. After each pop, the lure should come back up to the surface promptly. if you find after each pop that it takes a few seconds for the lure to come back up, your hooks are too heavy.

Finally, ensure you find trebles that are strong enough. Most people here would be using trebles like Owner ST-76s, some of us still use ST-66s, Gamakatsu Recorders and Decoy GTs.

Doug Terry:
The Lures I had in mind are the Yo Zuri SURFACE CRUISER and their SURFACE BULL their web site doen't tell you the make or size of the trebles

Brandon Khoo:
for both of those, I'd suggest you think about ST66 5/0s. You could also look at St76 4/0s but I think you'd probably stretch the friendship with both those lures if you go to the ST76 5/0s

gus cisneros:
best to put the trbles in the rubish bin and change to singles!
works very well for me! also better if you want to release fish !
gus.

Brandon Khoo:
Some of us like to use trebles and have found they work quite well for us as well.
Also, some lures like surface stickbaits are very sensitive to hooks and work best with trebles.

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