Doc Waters' new Shark Shank Hook is an innovative solution for today's soft plastics. They took a conventional Extra Wide Gap hook and extended the shank and added two small barbs under the hook eye. The result is more "backbone" for your lure and a better bite on your bait to help keep it rigged. The extended shank also sets the hook point further back on your lure; a 2/0 Shark Shank Hook has about the same hook position as a 3/0 hook-great for catching those pesky short-strikers!