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I would think it hangs up more like this but I will give this a go. For the last 3 years I have switched to circle hooks with eels for release reasons and have been very pleased with my ease of hook up, fewer dropped fish and mostly jaw hooked fish.
The reason this appeals most to me is because the hook has a lot more eel meat to bite into and the eel probably stays on the hook longer. When you have a jaw-eyesocket hook after a while it works the hole larger and in some cases you snap them off. That said, it is soft tissue where that hook is in the lower postion you have and it might open a big gap quickly. When you go thru the eye socket you have some skull that makes the connection a little stronger. I will have to try it to see for myself.
Next time I am eel fishing I will give it a try. Thanks for the pic.
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