Circle Hooks For Inshore/Island Use ?

[fishingsolo]

Originally Posted by TurdRoller

have you ever thought about it from the captain's perspective or the dumb fuck on deck? they probably aren't trying to give him shit or make him feel dumb, they might just be trying to help him. why is everyone so quick to assume ALL deckhands and captains are dicks?

Not sayin all are dicks. Not all deckies are dumbfucks. you missed the point, its ok. You are the shit, you are so great.

[TurdRoller]

Originally Posted by fishingsolo

Not sayin all are dicks. Not all deckies are dumbfucks. you missed the point, its ok. You are the shit, you are so great.

I missed the point? ha..irony.


and thank you, i need people to remind me every so often.

[fishnazzi]

Originally Posted by fishnazzi

Maybe someone can answer this for me (i'm in gear hell up here in WA) Who makes a light wire circle hook size 4 of 6

Never mind found some mustad demon"s

[SUNSEA]

circle hooks all the way. just be ready to pay a little more for them. if you can hold off swinging you will out fish all the others on the boat.

[NLPATRIOT08]

do they work well for callicos and bonito

[jagerhunchback]

here is a mahi i caught using a calcutta (with 15 lb test rigged straight to the hook with a dead chovy)off the hh buoy south of honolulu. i am certain i would not have caught this fish if i had'nt used a circle hook. the hook caught right in the corner of the jaw as advertised. no issues with line wear, thing was pulling me and my 14ft inflatable around for 45 minutes before i got it up. even better, it was the day after xmas and my father had sent me the rod and reel as a gift. he had lost a dorado off the west end of catalina that broke him off on the same rod. the only dorado he had ever had a chance to catch and he lost it. so i'm pretty much sold on circle hooks.

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by BigHammerKing

i have never lost a fish that was hooked on circle (except several incidents involving a specific marine mammal that will remain unnamed). my hookup ratio is higher with circle hooks. every yellow, albie, or Yellow Fin Tuna i hooked last summer were on circle hooks, i went 13 for 13. definitely want circles if you want to catch and release calicos.

U caught 13 fish last year? Congrats.

[okie man]

Originally Posted by Kurt

U caught 13 fish last year? Congrats.

ouch!!!

[moto110]

I was fishing the sand bass on a local half-day boat recently and the captain asked me why was I using a ringed mutu (Owner 4/0) circle hook. I scatched my head and wondered what he meant. I always fish a ringed mutu for pretty much all applicatons, including on the larger Cat. yellows and wsb. He said that the circle hooks are only for offshore application.
I've always had good results with the circle hooks.
What's the deal?

I think they want to know why you are using such high quality hooks on a half day boat. It doesnt sound like he was dissing the circle.

[SaltySerg]

I've only tried the Owner Mutu Light so far. Worked great on rockfish and calicos.

What other brands do you guys use?

[rowdyrosco]

I fish mostly for halibut using a fish trap. Is it a bad idea to use a circle in combination with a treble? set or no set???

[goodrick]

I have bought some circle hooks, but have been afraid to try them out. They just don't look like they would hook. I can't wrap my brain around the motion that will "set" the hook. Does anybody know of a video on-line or some sort of animation that can show me what I can't visualize?

When it comes to hook applications, the only information that I have seen that I thought presented a comprehensive look at hooks was in an Eagle Claw brochure that I picked up at the Fred Hall show earlier this year. Without that, I would still be mostly clueless, short of seeing what the guy catching the most fish on the boat is doing. Now, I am only partly clueless. :-)