04-28-2014, 12:59 PM
Mmmmmmmmmmm Not to be argumentative, but I don't agree with your assessment. Circle hooks work in a much different way, which is how they primarily find the corner of the mouth in most instances. Where a treble hook is designed to be "set," it can have adverse effects with a circle hook.
I remember when I first started using circle hooks, I lost a many of fish because I was adjusting to "not" setting the hook, rather, cranking down and putting the pressure on when I knew the fish was facing away. I pulled a lot of hooks out of fishes mouths. My first application for circle hooks was offshore bottom fishing for grouper and snapper.
Consider the use of circle hooks on lures for fish with either a hard or large mouth, or both. You'd rarely ever get hooked up. In fresh water, fish like Stripped Bass, LMB, crappy, Pike, etc... Saltwater fish like mackerel, tarpon, etc...
Lures are designed to capitalize on the "strike," which is why I feel circle hooks on lures is a poor application; and treble hooks are appropriate. But, circle hooks have their place for sure. I find circle hooks to be superior in anchor and/or drift fishing situations with live bait. I use them almost exclusively for that type of fishing, both fresh and saltwater. They are excellent when fishing multiple rods that you may leave unattended.
So yes, I agree that circle hooks are great tools for the angler, but only in the right application. In my humble opinion, they have no place on a lure.
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I remember when I first started using circle hooks, I lost a many of fish because I was adjusting to "not" setting the hook, rather, cranking down and putting the pressure on when I knew the fish was facing away. I pulled a lot of hooks out of fishes mouths. My first application for circle hooks was offshore bottom fishing for grouper and snapper.
Consider the use of circle hooks on lures for fish with either a hard or large mouth, or both. You'd rarely ever get hooked up. In fresh water, fish like Stripped Bass, LMB, crappy, Pike, etc... Saltwater fish like mackerel, tarpon, etc...
Lures are designed to capitalize on the "strike," which is why I feel circle hooks on lures is a poor application; and treble hooks are appropriate. But, circle hooks have their place for sure. I find circle hooks to be superior in anchor and/or drift fishing situations with live bait. I use them almost exclusively for that type of fishing, both fresh and saltwater. They are excellent when fishing multiple rods that you may leave unattended.
So yes, I agree that circle hooks are great tools for the angler, but only in the right application. In my humble opinion, they have no place on a lure.
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