Seth Feider's 4 Hooks for Bass Fishing Soft Plastics

[@Hocking1973]

The key to the story: Keep things simple! The number of hook styles that are out there now has gotten ridiculous. Sticking to four basic hooks styles sounds great! Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@Wired2Fish]

Our pleasure Hocking. Thanks for tuning in.

[@shadowswordfish3745]

Gotta love these Feider tips and tricks! Guys so knowledgeable!

[@tompresnell2637]

Probably one of the best overall synopsis videos about hooks to use for soft plastics. It reinforced that I’m not far off from what the pros are doing.

[@righteousfishing3163]

Hope everyone is doing well may the lord be with you and lift you up!! Keep fishing never stop!!

[@neilgwinn7378]

Best explanation on hooks I’ve ever heard. Thank you sir

[@mattquinlan4629]

Wish this cat would start a channel of his own. He’d dominate the format! Thanks for the info Seth.

[@Wired2Fish]

No question bout that! In the meantime, we're grateful to have him as a contributor.

[@derekwilliams6403]

But atleast he is crushing in the tournament fishing though so we get to see him fish alot. And do you know where you can get those ON EM hat that he makes?

[@jessecooper9795]

@@derekwilliams6403 Omnia Fishing

[@gtflyer]

Always look forward to Seth's videos. We need More of them.

[@Wired2Fish]

The world needs more of Seth. An honest, straight-forward, ultra-fishy common man. More vids coming with Seth so keep checking in.

[@BassGeek]

Awesome breakdown of the hooks and how they work best with the casts. Awesome info.

[@erniesanders3724]

Thanks for the tips Seth. Much appreciated.

[@Wired2Fish]

Any time!

[@robertchadwick2925]

Thanks for sharing that. It gets a little overwhelming in the tackle stores trying to shop hooks.

[@nickwodka8080]

I never considered altering the angle of the hookset depending upon what style hook was used on a texas rig. Did I hear that correctly?

[@yamiatem5409]

Yeah that’s right. But more often than not I’m just gonna rip tf out of it

[@Wired2Fish]

Yes, in part. The main thing that determines hook set angle is distance to the bait. The closer you are to the bait/fish (short casts, pitches, flips), the steeper the set angle relative to the lake bottom or water surface. The opposite is true on a longer cast. More distance to the bait/fish lessons the set angle relative to the bottom. In addition to this, technique can increase or decrease set angle based on setting straight on or side-setting the hook. For example, it is most common to set the hook straight upward when pitching, flipping or short-casting close to cover, as the bait/bass are often in an among cover, and your goal it to extract them vertically from the cover (think punching matted vegetation). In this scenario, Seth is saying the flipping hook design delivers the best hooking percentages.

[@nickwodka8080]

@@Wired2Fish thank you!

[@wishin4fishin0728]

Great content! I always just default to EWG Offset hooks for my soft plastics, but am thinking I need to change that up! Thanks for the vid!!

[@Wired2Fish]

You bet Wishin4Fishin. EWG a good all-around but Seth provides a useful instruction guide to try some others. Good luck in your experimentation.

[@makeawishkid131]

nothing wrong with EWG, remember simple is just as effective, and cheaper

[@robertbain2435]

Great info! Really helps identify the right hook for each job. Thx

[@fresnobassn744]

Them hooks work great👍.. i like the vmc & the gamatatsu heavy cover worm hooks!

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Seth has great logic on hooks. This might give me the opportunity to finally try a offset round bend.

[@nickcavazos5718]

Its crazy how a slightly different hook can mahe a huge difference one way or the other on landing bass. Im a guy who all brands of all styles and I choose my bait then choose my hook on which one matches the shape the best. Each brand has slight variations from eachother in the same style of hooks.

[@Wired2Fish]

That's a good point. Treating the hook as the bait too. Pick a confidence hook then fit a bait to it, instead of the other way around. Interesting stuff to think about.

[@garywest2250]

I'm a simple guy. When Seth Feider talks hooks, I listen.

[@ralo4265]

Good stuff Seth! 🎄👊🏼💯

[@Wired2Fish]

Appreciate it!!

[@cpk2GIRL]

How does that Neko style hook work for Wacky rigging if that bait keeper remains exposed?

[@charlesjohnson8805]

Great info!

[@Wired2Fish]

Appreciate it Charles, thanks for watching.

[@gregc2621]

Feider is the man

[@jesseboyden3119]

Peep the split ring on the ewg 🤔👀 good idea

[@Wired2Fish]

It’s actually a welded ring. Comes on the VMC Ringed EWG hook. Link in description. Beneficial for hook ups.

[@Wired2Fish]

Also, he hits on why he likes the ringed EWG at the 03:20 mark in this video...pretty compelling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGHJiX2Phplre5o

[@5.7.0bassin2]

Hey seth whats the ring for on your ewg hook fot

[@Im118ish]

🤔 maybe for extra action..like ties to the split ring instead of the eye itself 😲

[@Wired2Fish]

He explains the reason in detail with this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f53cZaBuhMeWY7M Its for better hooks ups and less leverage long story short. But no one can tell it like Seth so ought to watch that vid lol.

[@raymondfrancoeur5544]

Like your choice

[@davidmelendez4729]

I can’t find an EWG with the Oring...🤔🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Wired2Fish]

Link to it in video description! VMC ringed EWG

[@cthulhu4607]

or DIY

[@MRbassmasterman]

👍👍

[@davidmossman5230]

It looks like a split ring attached to the eye of the ewg hook -why is that

[@maxb1985]

I remember reading that it makes it harder for the fish to shake the hook because the hook can pivot on the split ring and it kind of separates it from the weight

[@Wired2Fish]

Its a welded ring and as maxb1985 is saying, it for better hook-ups and less lost fish. VMC makes them and they are called "ringed wide gap hooks".

[@mikestephenson4800]

Can’t take Beth