Newf
Crew Member
Posting in a new thread rather than adding to the fishing reports.
As mentioned in a previous report I have had 3 hooks fail on Gibbs spoons so far this year. (Skinny G and Wee G) Others have noted that they have had the same issue and have been swapping out hooks on their spoons as soon as they buy them. I reached out to Gibbs and they replied that they are aware and are working with Mustad on the issue but said that they have not had very much negative feedback from fishers and noted that its hard to fix something if they don't know how big of a problem it is when no one is reporting it. Obviously they are "aware" but not sure how much effort they are putting into fixing the problem. Simply swapping to a better grade hook or to a Stainless hook would work. It would add to their cost but a "good" hook on a spoon is a must have.
These are high carbon steel hooks and very brittle. Any little nick or speck of corrosion will definitely increase the risk of failure.
As mentioned in a previous report I have had 3 hooks fail on Gibbs spoons so far this year. (Skinny G and Wee G) Others have noted that they have had the same issue and have been swapping out hooks on their spoons as soon as they buy them. I reached out to Gibbs and they replied that they are aware and are working with Mustad on the issue but said that they have not had very much negative feedback from fishers and noted that its hard to fix something if they don't know how big of a problem it is when no one is reporting it. Obviously they are "aware" but not sure how much effort they are putting into fixing the problem. Simply swapping to a better grade hook or to a Stainless hook would work. It would add to their cost but a "good" hook on a spoon is a must have.
These are high carbon steel hooks and very brittle. Any little nick or speck of corrosion will definitely increase the risk of failure.