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I've tried many methods... trebles catch ( and kill) a lot of fish... when I commercially fished, it was all I used... I modified them by grinding off two of the barbs on each hook and left only the barb holding the bait intact.. trebles do have their problems ..beyond the obvious..one problem with trebles is they sometimes pinch the line between the treble and the shaft and break off the fish... I have 2 methods that are almost flawless.... one is to use a 9/0 circle on the "stinger" that goes behind the dorsal fin while a dou lock snap is tied to the front of the leader to go through the nostril to pin the fish to the line....my favorite method, that I use for mackerel and pogies is to thread my leader through the eye of a 6/0 circle...then using a separate piece of line Snell the leader to the hook allowing the leader to slide so the hook can be adjusted... a 9/0 circle is snelled to the bitter end of the leader.... the nose hook will slide if pressure applied to it and the rig often ends with two hooks in the fishes jaw.... I rarely gut hook fish with this set up and almost never miss/lose one either...
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