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Been using circle hooks for close to 20 years now. Picked up on how to fish them fairly quickly, no setting the hook, just pull back when the line gets tight.
My favorite hook for chunking bait is the Daiichi circle chunk light hook, hands down the best performing hook, for me at least. Live lining, tend to use a 4/0 to 5/0 Gami with the Macks, doesn't interfere with their ability to swim very much, vs. having a large hook impaled into your back.
Success rate with both types...very high. Pretty much unheard of gutting a fish, unless you let it sit there and swallow away before setting the hook, then you might gut hook one. I snell my own hooks too, that way I can make the leader material any lb test I want, and the length as well.
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