Circle hooks
picture was taken 7-10-04
This is a mustad circle hook. I have been avoiding them because I think they are difficult to bait and if you do get a fish they are even harder to unhook. Because of the popularity of this style I decided to try it out. The jury is still out but if I catch a couple more like this then maybe I'll switch.
My favorite hook at the moment is the 8/0 gamakatsu circle hook. I think I will do a head to head comparison between the gamakasu and mustad.
What style do you guys prefer?
posted by brian | 2:09 AM
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I have a range of Daiichi "bleeding bait" circle hooks, I am certian gamakatsu makes a line of hooks painted red as well.
While the red color gets scraped off rapidly I have had much better luck with the circle hooks in red than the standard metallic finish.
Circle hooks are excellent for lazy fishing since they do not require any human activity to set themselves.
I recently bought a package that had a barb on the shank to keep the bait in the right area. They didn't work out but then again none of the rigs really worked out on that trip.
I have also had excellent luck with mustad "J" hooks on smaller set-ups
Next time we get together I need to rummage through your tackle box. We should exchange some hooks and leader materials. I have so many hooks I can't bring myself to buy more until I use some up.
When I fish with finger mullet, my favorite hook is the Kahle style (also called Croaker hooks by Mustad). You don't miss many fish with that style but by design they are much weaker than other hooks. I think that is why you never see them in bigger sizes.
upon further investigation it has turned out that what I have always called "j"hooks are indeed Kahle hooks.
I would gladly trade some hooks for some high strength monofilament and some matching crimps.
I am not talking about trading 200yrds. of leader for one hook. I figure I need 1 maybe two of the big heavy leaders by the time fall rolls around and the big dogs start running up and down the surf.
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