I'm sure there was some science put into it...and the mechanics of a "Circle Hook" lead you to believe that it should work....but while fishing live pogies today, had to cut a few leaders.....hook down in the esophagus.
Just saying, my gut-hook numbers haven't improved much with live bait...but by giving the pogy a nose-ring, you're sending the hook right down into the belly of the beast as bass will swallow it head first...so if you use the same theory, that's not helping the matter....but I sure as hell ain't changing the way I rig em..
But like everything else, once we're all adjusted to using them exclusively...it won't matter much, J-hooks will become a memory
