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Circle hooks
The ME thread got me thinking about my experiences with circle hooks.
I don't use them often- Just prefer the Gami Octopus or Live Bait HD's. But for about a month this past season I tried using the Gami Octopus Circle hooks exclusively for fishing eels. I caught about a dozen fish (nothing huge, largest ~15-20 lb) and ALL of them were gut-hooked on the circles (6/0)!
This kinda discouraged me... I did the supposed "normal" technique... Get the hit, drop the rod tip, wait for some of the slack to move out, and slowly reel in with the rod pointed at the fish, then slowly raise the tip... Consistent gut hooks. I couldn't believe it. When I went back to my Live Baits, I found that a quicker, traditional, cross-their-eyes set ended up with ~90% of fish hooked in the mouth.
So what could the problem be? Obviously something's off with my technique... But I'm not sure where to remedy it. I'm all for using them, and have seen them be incredibly effective in offshore fisheries. Just not sure where I'm going wrong on this one.
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