As far as loseing fish go, it's petty hard to lose a fish that you got 2 hooks of the tereble embeded in the top of the fish's mouth and one on the bottom. That being said, I have delvoleped a preferance for single hooks. I fish needlefish lures alot along side topguns and i don't think i lose anymore fish on the single hook lure. Unless I screw up and give the fish slack and he can throw the weight of the lure around. Single hook lures do less damage to the fish and it is much eaisier to relaese a fish without taking him out of the water if you want in my opionion. Of course there are always exceptions but I would have no problem fishing single hooks only

be well

Glen L

Have been giving this a lot of thought lately, especially since the arrival of these 10" Salmon. If we want to catch them again when they grow to 20"+ I think it would not be a bad idea to change to single hooks. After seeing some of the injured fish in the fall nettings it makes sense.

Salty

Only lures I have with singles are the "needlefish"... but I don't remember losing many fish on these. I think they are either hooked or not with the single... unlike a treble that may grab a little bit of skin, but not really enough to hold for long. Thus the quick releases we get?
Definitely see the single hooks being better for releasing, better action and easier to untangle from other lures if needed.

didnt some one bring up at the meeting this year that the large single hooks were fatal for the smaller fish as they pierced out the eyes, brain etc. i thought i remember that the smaller trebles were supposed to be better in these regards.

Good question / point fishlessman. I wonder if a single size 4 circle hook might be a good compromise. After all, they're supposed to hook themselves when hitting a lure, right?