One of the most frustrating things that can happen to you when you're fishing a worm or other soft plastic bait is to get the lure back to the boat and seeing that the bait has slid down off the offset and is uselessly clumped down on the shank of the hook. it may have been bitten and pulled down or went through some rough cover and snagged, but as soon as that happens, for sure, you won't get bit. the G-Lock hook from gamakatsu is designed to reduce the likelihood of that happening.