08-23-2005, 01:47 PM
I have been experimenting with the (new to me) circle hooks for the past year or so. I've never used them in the past until recently.
I bought a package of circle hooks in size 8 a couple of weeks ago. I have used them in sizes 4,2,1,1/0,2/0,3/0 for catfish, walleye, white bass, and trout with pretty good success both on the bottom and under a float.
So far, I have had problems with them in 2 situations. One - when I tried the size 4 earlier this year drop shotting using the Mojo system for smallmouth and just recently, the size 8 for perch. While fishing with JedBurton I missed a couple that should have been hooked up. Jed and I discussed it briefly and he pointed out that he didn't think cirlce hooks would work with perch because they have too hard of a mouth.
OK, a few questions here:
Anyone else have any experience with these hooks ? Any clue as to where I might find some detailed info on them ?
I mean like this information:
What species of fish or fishing situations do they work for and which do they not ? Or, are they recommended for something specific or discouraged in certain situations ?
If they needed to be sharpened, could they be, and how would a person do it ?
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I bought a package of circle hooks in size 8 a couple of weeks ago. I have used them in sizes 4,2,1,1/0,2/0,3/0 for catfish, walleye, white bass, and trout with pretty good success both on the bottom and under a float.
So far, I have had problems with them in 2 situations. One - when I tried the size 4 earlier this year drop shotting using the Mojo system for smallmouth and just recently, the size 8 for perch. While fishing with JedBurton I missed a couple that should have been hooked up. Jed and I discussed it briefly and he pointed out that he didn't think cirlce hooks would work with perch because they have too hard of a mouth.
OK, a few questions here:
Anyone else have any experience with these hooks ? Any clue as to where I might find some detailed info on them ?
I mean like this information:
What species of fish or fishing situations do they work for and which do they not ? Or, are they recommended for something specific or discouraged in certain situations ?
If they needed to be sharpened, could they be, and how would a person do it ?
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