What are Trapper Hooks

T. Caldwell runs Columbus Marina on the Ten-Tom waterway in Columbus, MS. His son, Allen Caldwell was kayak fishing one day and saw a uniquely shaped hook, rigged with a soft plastic, stuck in submerged brush. He reached in the water and pulled up the brush so he could get a better look at the hook, which he removed and brought back to show his dad. The two anglers speculated about the purpose of the unique shape of the hook. T and his son have been trying to find out where to buy the hook ever since. The father and son even went as far as trying to bend their own hooks in the same shape, but had no luck. Caldwell has had the mystery hook hanging on his bulletin board in the marina for over 2 years and said, “Everybody who sees it, takes it down and looks at it to try to figure it out”. Caldwell opined, “Fish can throw a round hook, but probably not a square one.” After years of searching, Caldwell solved the mystery thanks to a special “Hooks” feature article in the May 2016 issue of Fishing Tackle Retailer, an industry trade magazine. Caldwell saw a feature on a new hook design, the Trapper Tackle Hooks. “As soon as I saw that, I grabbed the hook off of the bulletin board and laid it over the picture. It looked like the one in the picture, but the box was a little longer”, said Caldwell. Caldwell was right, but what he failed to realize is that the patented Trapper Box design not only increases landing ratios, it also improves lure retention and angler efficiency. The hook his son had found was an early prototype, which has been modified to improve the overall performance of the hook. Caldwell wasted no time picking up the phone and calling Trapper Tackle to find out where he can buy the hooks.

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