best fishing hooks for striper fishing Gear Dressed Treble Standard / Yellow/Black/Chartreuse Add two bucktails 3 ft from your lure and add a squid to the hook Snagging Weighted Treble Hooks, 6pcs/8pcs

Snelling is when you tie on a hook to your line by wrapping your line around the shank of the hook, rather than tying a knot

Purple Rain, in the new Gremlin creature bait (fished on a Carolina rig), and in the Finesse TRD, has become a personal favorite in all baits for largemouth fishing excelling not only in clear waters but in the very dark, dingy, and low visibility eutrophic lakes that experience mid-summer algae blooms

Stainless steel hooks are good investment to your fishing if you spend a lot of time fishing in the saltwater

Gambler Walking Frog Gambler Walking Frog The Gambler Walking Frog was my favorite new bait last year, and I still love it in 2026