06-20-2019, 07:40 AM
You can't use a normal hookset with circle hooks. If you give it the old " cross their eyes" hookset, you will miss most of your fish. With circle hooks you have to let the rod load up as stated by Icesled and use a sweep set on the rod. A sweep set pulls the hook to the corner of the mouth where the point can engage. A "cross their eyes" hookset, pulls the hook through the lips and out of the mouth keeping the point from engaging. Give it a try!! I use circle hooks for all my dropshotting and have had to learn to sweepset them !! You will rarely miss a bite with the sweepset .