How Offten Do you Check Sharpen Your Hooks?

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03-06-2014, 08:19 AM

jrbsr

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How Offten Do you Check Sharpen Your Hooks?

How often do you check, sharpen your hooks?
I check them often, especially when they are new, or have been sitting for a long time.
Dull hooks can cost you a fish of a lifetime.

03-06-2014, 03:27 PM

buckhunter14

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Definitely important and often gets over looked. A little file and a little time can go a long way!

03-06-2014, 06:18 PM

Wilcam47

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my line usually breaks before the hook gets dull LOL...

03-09-2014, 05:16 AM

Chuck7

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I sharpen as needed ...I keep a sharpener in my worm box.

03-09-2014, 05:44 AM

jerseyhunter

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I check after every time I catch or get snagged before baiting up. I always have some kind of stone or file with me.

03-09-2014, 08:06 PM

JoshKeller

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never use the same hook for more than a day. replace trebles on crankbaits, give away worm hooks/jig heads

03-10-2014, 01:13 PM

Chuck7

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Boated 5 bass this morning...then I rigged a snatch hook and boated 12,tilapia..I thought about this thread today and sharpened my treble hook snatch rig and my worm hook...