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Originally Posted by Rockfish9
were the hooks in line circles or offset... there is a huge difference between the two...those were my findings ( your results) using the offset.. thus my returning ( for close to 20 years) to "J" hooks.. every fish I have caught has been hooked solidly in or near the jaw hinge... some requiring the aid of a pair of pliars to remove it... what I had noticed with the off set, they often times were in the soft membrane by the hinge.. leading to a huge button hole...
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Last time I gave circles a serious try I was using he owner SSW circle hooks which are inline hooks and used them with bunker chunks. A good number of fish I caught were hooked in the corner of the mouth but some on the upper lip and some in the softer tissue inside the mouth. It could be that the size of the chunk is preventing the hook from consistently sliding into place like it would on an eel or a smaller piece of cut bait. I try to leave as much of the hook exposed as possible while not casting off too many pieces of bunker and used large 9/0 hooks thinking they would have a better chance to catching. I haven't been fishing much bait this season but if I do maybe I'll give them another shot.