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To show or not to show? - Dryrod - 03-03-2004 [unsure][#800000][size 2]How do you perfer to set your hook in a plastic worm? To expose the hook or just the tip of the point?[/size][/#800000] [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - JapanRon - 03-03-2004 Hey there Dryrod, Aha ha! So you're starting to do the Word 'thing'! Very good! I prefer to embed mine clear through and as it is curved make sure the tip of it is still back in the soft rib or soft part. JapanRon [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - DrownedDesertRat - 03-03-2004 I've never tried hiding the hook in the body. I've always had it exposed. But I hear that fish are more likely to bite if they don't see the hook. [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - Bassmaster-ND - 03-03-2004 I skin hook mine. Just a little bit of the point is inbedded. [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - cat_man - 03-03-2004 I always expose the hook. I've never hassled with trying to get it just below the surface of the plastic or anything like that. I believe it's very useful if you're trying to go weedless, but as far as if the fish are going to refuse it because the see the hook....I don't believe it. If they see it at all they'll probably think that it's just a piece of debris on it or a piece of entrail sticking out or something. Beside the fact that in anything but the most clear water they can't even see it that well anyway. [signature] Re: [cat_man] To show or not to show? - tubeN2 - 03-03-2004 I hook them both ways. Sometimes it is for weedless and others just for appearance as well as element. [signature] Re: [tubeN2] To show or not to show? - BrianID - 03-03-2004 I also hook them both ways. If I'm in an area that doesn't have very many snags I almost always leave the hook exposed. [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - PunkBass - 03-04-2004 hey i hook them both ways when im fishing for walleye or some other river fish i usually go with an exposed hook with plastics, but when im fishin for bass i usually go for just the hook point works way better in cover!! [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - FisherMOM - 03-05-2004 I prefer for the hook to not show for weeds sake. I caught many Bass on Texas Rigged Worms last summer! Real and plastic worms! As a matter of fact, I caught my biggest bass last year on a Texas Rigged Night Crawler. [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - aquaman - 03-06-2004 allways texas rigged [signature] Re: [Dryrod] To show or not to show? - gdn443 - 03-07-2004 I always hide the point when LMB fishing, but won't bother when fishing for other fish. Must be superstitious[crazy] [signature] Re: [gdn443] To show or not to show? - tkishkape - 03-07-2004 [] There are so many snags, trees, wood, weeds and just plain structure where I fish that an exposed hook means a lost lure on the first cast. If you don't put the lure where the fish live, you're wasting your time. [signature]