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Old 03-06-2014 | 08:19 AM
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Default 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.
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Old 03-06-2014 | 03:27 PM
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Definitely important and often gets over looked. A little file and a little time can go a long way!
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Old 03-06-2014 | 06:18 PM
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my line usually breaks before the hook gets dull LOL...
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Old 03-09-2014 | 05:16 AM
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I sharpen as needed ...I keep a sharpener in my worm box.
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Old 03-09-2014 | 05:44 AM
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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.
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Old 03-09-2014 | 08:06 PM
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never use the same hook for more than a day. replace trebles on crankbaits, give away worm hooks/jig heads
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Old 03-10-2014 | 01:13 PM
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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...
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Old 03-10-2014 | 01:17 PM
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cool I might check out the local pond to see if its melted yet...
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Old 03-11-2014 | 03:16 PM
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Our local lakes/ponds have never froze..(-; good ole central FL
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