Poll: Bending Hook Points OUT

[Bonefish]

I do. XPS Super Locks should be renamed XPS Super Lucks.

Here is my reasoning. On wide-gap hooks the eye of the hook is at the leve of the point, and if you place a weight or bead above the eye, the point placement and weight/bead can clear a path out of the fish's mouth without any hook-up. What you are depending upon is that the fish will inhale the bait in and upon closing his mouth his lip presses down on the "gap" between the eye and and point. But how many times do you jerk on the bait and the bait comes out of the mouth because the fish does not clamp down on the bait. If you bend the point slightly above the eye, you can still place the point well inside the plastic to prevent hang-ups, or if you bend the hook slightly sideways, you have again increased your chances of the point entering the fish's mouth. This is why I call them Super Lucks, and that is why I prefer an offset hook or straight shank over the wide-gap hook.