[Michael Hall]

After losing two good fish due to poor Hook hold today, have changed the trebles on the patchinko wonder if anyone else has had this when using this lure. Okay at first when catching smaller fish. but into the bigger ones now! and feel more confident with new trebles.

 

[Alex Jordan]

Interesting ... the Decoy Y-W77's on them are some of the best holding trebles I have ever used (even use them on smaller tropical lures) - could be the teeny size on the Patchinko 100 rather than the type?

 

[Ben Field]

Tis an odd one I must admit. The Decoys on them are some of the best i know of?

 

[Nathan Bell]

I lost a lunker on mine the other day! Wondered if it was the small hooks, maybe just unlucky?
Do you wait too find out?

 

[Dave Irving]

I tried swapping the decoys for owner ST46's, after dropping a couple of good fish. The result however was a reduced hook up rate, and much reduced landing rate. I have gone back to Decoys. Your always going drop some fish, through weak hook holds. Especially when fishing topwaters, from my testing it really isn't the fault of the hook, quite the opposite in this case.

 

[Michael Hall]

Iam now convinced the small size of the decoys on the patchinko 100 is to blame, I have changed to a larger treble with a longer shank!! The verdict is out, if this will be better.

 

[Adrian]

I really like the hooks on the patch 100s and the hook-up rate has been very good for me. Most of my bass on the small patchinkos have been small though so maybe the hooks are just not big enough to hold bigger bass? The ones on the full size patchinkos are great too, and i've not lost any fish from those.

 

[Mark Sleep]

I've yet to take a fish over 3lb on my one, so couldn't say for the larger fish. They are small hooks, but I'd have thought the almost turned in points and semi circle curve would counteract the size?