{"product_id":"decoy-worm25-kg-hook-wide-gap-offset-worm-hook-fishing-hook-made-in-japan","title":"DECOY - WORM25 Kg HOOK WIDE GAP OFFSET WORM HOOK FISHING HOOK - MADE IN JAPAN","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecoy Worm25 Kg Hook Wide Gap Offset Worm Hook — Made In Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Kg” is not a weight rating. It is the name of Katsuichi’s Kg Hook (Kilo Hook) family, Decoy’s power offset range, and the Worm25 is its wide-gape member. It keeps the shank form and hooking behaviour of the original Kg Hook Worm17 and opens the gape out well beyond it. The reason is geometric: a bulky bait — a fat creature, a ribbed craw, a hollow-body swimbait — puts several millimetres of plastic between point and upper jaw, and a normal gape spends its travel clearing that thickness instead of reaching bone. The extra width buys the travel back. Katsuichi did not solve it by thickening the wire; they matched gauge and crank length so the point still penetrates rather than needing force behind it. NS Black finish covers fresh and salt water, and seven sizes from #2 to #5\/0 cover most of the plastics a bass or estuary angler fishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtra-wide gape offset from Decoy’s Kg Hook (Kilo Hook) power range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetains the Worm17 shank form and hooking character\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGape width chosen to clear bait thickness and still reach the jaw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWire gauge and crank length matched for penetration rather than raw heaviness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffset crank holds bulky plastics straight on the shank\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNS Black finish for corrosion resistance in fresh and salt water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven sizes, #2 through #5\/0\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow To Rig It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTexas rig\u003c\/strong\u003e — Enter the nose, thread down to the crank, exit the belly, then slide the body forward and set the point back just under the skin. Skin-hooked, not buried: the wide gape only helps if the point breaks out cleanly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePunching and flipping\u003c\/strong\u003e — Pin a tungsten bullet weight, drop it through matted weed or hyacinth, and let it fall on a controlled line. Reel down and sweep hard once the fish loads the rod.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeightless bulky baits\u003c\/strong\u003e — Big creatures and hollow-body swimbaits fish well with no weight at all on this hook, twitched and glided over shallow cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it sits in the Kg family\u003c\/strong\u003e — The Worm17 is the standard power offset, the Worm13 Kg Hyper the extra-heavy version, the Worm37 Kg Hook Narrow the closed gape for slim worms. The Worm25 and Worm26 split the bulky-bait work: the Worm25 is the wide gape within normal bass sizes, #2 to #5\/0, while the Worm26 Kg Hook Magnum runs #6\/0 to #10\/0 for oversized swimbaits. Choose by gape when the bait is thick, by size only when it is genuinely huge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTarget Species By Region\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoutheast Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e — Giant snakehead (toman) on frogs and creature baits over lily pads, peacock bass in reservoirs, barramundi (siakap) on paddle-tails at river mouths, and grouper worked over rubble.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNorth America\u003c\/strong\u003e — Largemouth bass on creature baits, beavers and swimbaits when punching and flipping; redfish and snook inshore on weedless plastics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJapan \u0026amp; East Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e — Black bass on bulky plastics in reservoirs and canals, and rockfish work for kijihata and hata on the larger sizes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAustralia, Middle East \u0026amp; Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e — Barramundi and Murray cod on soft plastics in impoundments; hamour on Gulf structure; pike and zander on large weedless shads in European lakes and rivers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eHooks Per Pack\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFinish\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSKU\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823415\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823422\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#1\/0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823439\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#2\/0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823446\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#3\/0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823453\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#4\/0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823460\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e#5\/0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNS Black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e941823477\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel Worm25 Kg Hook Wide. 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