Hook Load Test to Failure - 8 Popular Brands 15 Different Hooks

[TREVELLY]

I have load tested these hooks with an applied load to the gape of the hook till they straightened to a point of being no longer useful or simply failed by dropping load or snapping.

First up I will show the hooks tested and the results in graph form for quick review.

Then below I will post up each of the tests - please be patient whilst I load up a heap of pics. This took some time to sort.

Hooks tested are both common offshore used hooks for reef fishing, live baiting and some added by Midnight from trolling including a used hook to compare with a new hook.

I will let the tests and pictures and results speak for themselves.

Obviously I have no association with any hook manufacturer or brand - just an engineer wanting to get a feel for how they go compared to each other so I can assess future buys.
74809
7481074811.

[TREVELLY]

Green Wave Hook 6/0
74813748147481574812

[TREVELLY]

DFS Hooks 6/0
74817748187481974816

[TREVELLY]

Eagle Claw 6/0
7482174820

[TREVELLY]

Mustard Red Tarpon 6/0
7482374824748257482674822

[TREVELLY]

Mustard Viking 6/0
7482874827

[TREVELLY]

Mustard Big Gun 6/0
748307483174829

[TREVELLY]

Mustard Hoodlum 6/0
74833748347483574832

[TREVELLY]

Black Magic 6/0
74837748387483974836

[TREVELLY]

Gamakatsu 6/0
74841748427484374844748457484674840

[TREVELLY]

Owner SSW 6/0
74848748497485074847

[TREVELLY]

Owner Gorilla 6/0
748527485374854748557485674857748587485974851

I couldn't fail this one

[champion]

Trev
Thank you.

[TREVELLY]

Eagle Claw 7/0 New
74865748667486074861748627486374864

Eagle Claw 7/0 Used
7486874869
748707487174867

[TREVELLY]

Eagle Claw 2004EI 10/0
748737487474875748767487774872

[TREVELLY]

Eagle Claw 2004 10/0 LAST ONE GUYS
74879748807488174882
74883748847488574886748877488874878

[Midnight]

Awesome stuff Trev, thank you very much for taking the time to test the hooks and posting the results.

Cheers,
Myles

[TREVELLY]

No worries Myles.

There were a few standouts amongst those tested along with some soft and ductile and some hard and brittle.

Clicking on the first graph to zoom it shows a good comparison to each other but the pictures really show how they tended to perform under load.

It should be noted that these kilogram values do not mean you will get eactly that result if you were to set the drag on reel to that pull pressure. There is a thing called "static load" and "dynamic load".

These hooks are tested with static load ie gradually applied load where a dynamic load is suddenly applied ie a bucket weighing say 10kg if dropped a short distance will have an equivalent static load of more than 20kg at impact.

Of course the stretch of line and flex of rod will compensate for sudden impact loading to some extent.

A rough guide to sudden impact versus gradual load would be about 2 to 1 or 2.5 to 1. That is if the test showed 20kg to "failure" I would pretty safely expect to get my drag to work okay and the hook to stay in shape at 20/2=10kg or 20/2.5=8kg. When we design a crane for lifting weights we use a safety factor of 3 but that is a bit more about life and death than here running a load closer to failure as long as it is "fit for purpose".

The weights used were a combination in the bucket of lead, pavers and water and each load applied was rechecked and verified for accuracy. Max "static load" I could achieve was 65kg which should equate to just over 30kg of drag pressure.

Hope you find the tests and comments above useful and informative.

They did take a long time to test, catalogue, edit and post.

As you can see the two hooks tested for Myles that were "new" and "used" hooks gave close enough to identical results hence I believe repeat tests on other hooks would give consistent results.

[Sheik]

Fantastic effort mate. Congrats on all the work you've done. Even if it's not scientific to the point of decimal places, it does give an idea of what relative strengths each hook has. Well done and thanks for all the work.
regards jim

[ozscott]

Mate - what a great job - thanks a lot. Takes the guessing out of buying!

Cheers

[wayno60]

+1
great work, id even like to see the same test on other terminial tackle = swivels

cheers

[Horse]

Great work there. A lot to think about before I buy some more hooks for heavy work

[Squidlet]

Cheer's for this thred Trevelly a great insight into the load capabilities of a good range of hook's.

[camw308]

Nice work,its good to know you get what you pay for when buying the owner gorrilla hooks.

[Moby One]

Great effort Trev. Now all you need to do is work out their corrosion resistance, weight versus thickness, holding effectiveness, cost per hook, put a weighting against the criteria and pick a winner...... cheers Mal

[swabio]

great job mate! It is pretty interesting.......... As mentioned above, I reckon a swivel one would be awesome :)

[liltuffy]

Like to see this resurrected - interesting information

[jigsnreels]

Brilliant review, thanks mate.

[robfish 1]

Well done, Trevelly! A lot of time and effort on behalf of your fellow Ausfishers. Even though I don't use tackle like this, I still really appreciate the effort! Looking forwards to more of your work.
Rob.

[PixieAU]

nice post, thank you for the effort

do you think that any of these would perform differently (at lower forces) with a dynamic load rather than a static load?

[TREVELLY]

nice post, thank you for the effort

do you think that any of these would perform differently (at lower forces) with a dynamic load rather than a static load?

Hi PA - just wondering if you read post 18? here is part of it:-

It should be noted that these kilogram values do not mean you will get exactly that result if you were to set the drag on reel to that pull pressure. There is a thing called "static load" and "dynamic load".

These hooks are tested with static load ie gradually applied load where a dynamic load is suddenly applied ie a bucket weighing say 10kg if dropped a short distance will have an equivalent static load of more than 20kg at impact.

Of course the stretch of line and flex of rod will compensate for sudden impact loading to some extent.

A rough guide to sudden impact versus gradual load would be about 2 to 1 or 2.5 to 1. That is if the test showed 20kg to "failure" I would pretty safely expect to get my drag to work okay and the hook to stay in shape at 20/2=10kg or 20/2.5=8kg. When we design a crane for lifting weights we use a safety factor of 3 but that is a bit more about life and death than here running a load closer to failure as long as it is "fit for purpose".

The weights used were a combination in the bucket of lead, pavers and water and each load applied was rechecked and verified for accuracy. Max "static load" I could achieve was 65kg which should equate to just over 30kg of drag pressure.

Hope you find the tests and comments above useful and informative.

[PixieAU]

my apologies Trevally, i must admit i scrolled to the end of the first page and didn't notice there was a second page with your post.