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nightfighter · 07-08-2010, 12:07 PM

Bob, I have less deep hooking with big octupus circle hooks. Only using conventional reels. Not letting them run much, just engaging the spool with drag set tight. No big hookset. The fish hooks itself. Hooking macks in the back, just behind the gillplate. You will have some drops with the circles, but will have far fewer fish you have to release with a hook lodged too deep to remove.... Trebles come back 7/13.

07-08-2010, 12:07 PM	#4
nightfighter Seldom Seen iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 10,543	Bob, I have less deep hooking with big octupus circle hooks. Only using conventional reels. Not letting them run much, just engaging the spool with drag set tight. No big hookset. The fish hooks itself. Hooking macks in the back, just behind the gillplate. You will have some drops with the circles, but will have far fewer fish you have to release with a hook lodged too deep to remove.... Trebles come back 7/13. Last edited by nightfighter; 07-08-2010 at 12:17 PM..
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