Kellen is right on
I copied this, which answers a lot of questions, from a thread on another forum

Here are my questions to IGFA with their response.
I have a few questions re Freshwater rules re hooks on lures.
1. If the lure has a soft body with a free hanging treble hook, is
it OK to bury one point of that treble into the soft body to hold it in
place? (see attachment)
2.If the line passes through the lure and is tied directly to the
hook is that OK?
3. Is a soft plastic lure with a single hook molded in OK?
Thanks for your attention,

1. Burying the treble hook in the soft body of the lure would make it a
"not free swinging" gang hook, and therefore would violate the IGFA rule
regarding fishing with lures.
2. This question was posed recently and we would need to look at it
more closely before a final decision is made. A lure is being sent to us
for this purpose.
3. Soft plastic lures with single hooks are acceptable. It is
essentially no different than a regular hook with a plastic worm put onto
it.

Whether it is a soft (plastic) or hard lure, it may have up to three hooks
(single, double, treble, or any combination of the three). Of those hooks,
the "gang hooks" (double and treble) must be free swinging. According to
the rules, if that soft plastic lure has three fixed single hooks in it, it
would be acceptable in most cases. If any or all of those hooks were to be
gang hooks, then they all must be free swinging. If one or all gang hooks
were imbedded into the plastic body of the lure, the lure would then be in
violation of IGFA rules.

Doug Blodgett
IGFA- World Records
Dblodgett@igfa.org <mailto:Dblodgett@igfa.org>
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