Mustad has been doing weighted swimbait hooks for several years, including one with an adjustable weight system, called the Power Lock Plus. This is a unique weighted hooking system which can be adjusted to change the swimming action — weight forward, weight backward, or weight centred. The same bait can swim forward, backward or downward without changing rigs.

Plastic baits are held in position by a special gripper inserted into the head of the bait. The point of the hook is inserted once through the belly of the bait.

This allows the bait maximum freedom of movement on the hook and the bend creates a keel effect, much like a conventional offset worm hook, but this time, the action is boosted further by the adjustable weights.

The fish-catching potency of this system was always obvious. The only limiting factor was the hook size and weight range. Originally, it was hook sizes 5/0 to 1/0 and weights of 1/8 oz or 1/16 oz. But now, Mustad has expanded the range. Weight options have been extended to include 1/4oz and 3/8oz models and the hook size range now extends to 9/0. So the Mustad Power Lock Plus range can deliver soft plastic baits to many species, from flathead, bass, cod and yellowbelly right up to barramundi, snapper, kingfish and saltwater pelagics.
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