Pop and drop syndrome

[RockyRaab2]

My amateur advice would be to stop bending the hook points. The folks who design them know what they're doing, and they test them extensively to get the penetration geometry just right. If you look at a circle hook, for example, you'd swear those things couldn't EVER hook a fish - yet they are extremely effective.

I have noticed that when using light wire crappie jigs, if the hook point gets bent open a bit, my hookup ratio plummets. That's why I gave the advice above.