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Originally posted by RIJIMMY
I've used circle hooked for eels. Is the deal that you DONT set the hook? Wont the bass sometimes drop the eel?
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The deal is if you set the hook quickly it will just fly out of the bass's mouth. This is why old timers hate them.. they're set in their ways. The reason you want to slowly reel it in is because the hook needs time to roll into position as it slides out of the mouth... and when it slides out of the mouth, the point of the hook slides though the lip and presto, lip hooked bass.
In july/august I toss sand worms sometimes off the beach and if I dont use circles I kill too many short bass....when I swithed to circles I never gut hooked a single one...go figure
* oh and once I feel my hook is set, I will give it a firm yank for good measure..