[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by seriola_kiler

Bigger Halibut have zero problem getting themselves hooked without the need for a trap hook. If you're getting raked, it's because of the non-legals that are doing that, and you don't want to catch those anyway. I.M.H.O. trap hooks are vastly overrated and do more harm than good in two ways:

1. The bait doesn't swim as naturally as possible.

Use a longer leader for the trap hook so that it allows more movement. When the bait is lively I can feel it moving around and can see the tip of my rod shake.

2. Shorts get all mangled up when trying to remove the treble.

True.....and you tend to end up with lots of bycatch

To me (again, my personal opinion only), the cons outweigh the pros.

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