last weekend i was at amistad got a bite and set the hook with a 4/0 owner and the fish started to run and come off after he pulled out about 15yards of sunline 20# floro when i got the hook in it was bent open and the tip was bent up i was seeing if any one could have a idea of what this could have been. faulty hook or what kind of fish it was.

Snapping turtle

On plastics I have never had a owner bend like that nor have I ever caught a turtle on plastics

Could it have been a gar

I have never had an Owner bend at all

when i set the hook it ran hard for deep water. i never saw it but i pulled very hard thats why im so curious. i was using a revo stx and a vetilas 7'heavy action 20# flouro drag set about 12#

I've never bent a WGP on a fish even using 65lb braid.

Which model hook were you using? Some like the z-neck hooks are a lighter wire than the WGP.

CATFISH had them do it on fork. They never try to come to the top. Maybe drum.

Owner� Rig 'N� Bass Hooks - Model 5137

Might have been a 15.48 lb bass.

Owners are usually stout. Write if off to freak incedent or the wrong species of fish and move on.

On Amistad it might have been a big striper.

I use a lot of Owner hooks and have never had a fish open one up.

I was on Amistad last weekend also, and I had a hooked a fish that was less than 3 pounds on an Owner shaky head. When I landed the fish and took the hook out, the hook was bent pretty wide opening I had to bend it back. Not sure if I just got one bad hook or if I did something wrong. And for the record, I don't plan on changing hooks because of this one incident