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Post by hunted on Feb 18, 2012 0:24:28 GMT -5
has anyone tried them fishing for bait? i picked up some size 6 and 10 and it seemed to help me a lot with hook up rate and taking less time to get enough bait
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Post by Smoothkip on Feb 18, 2012 1:27:54 GMT -5
Man Richard, I'd have a hell of a time not setting the hook! Lol. I seen gamakatsu had some small circles that I thought about giving a try.
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Post by Catfishrollo on Feb 18, 2012 1:34:02 GMT -5
Richard, I catch almost all of my bait on rod and reel. I use small j's and circles for many baits. Them small circles I love for catching bait sized carp on a couple pieces of sweet corn! rollo
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Seanstone
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Post by Seanstone on Feb 18, 2012 3:08:00 GMT -5
That's how I started using circle hooks, started small and then worked my way up. Use a limp rod one with a fast tip and put you rod in a rod holder. I started with nightcrawlers at first. I caught tons of little fish, channels, blues, carp, drum, suckers....pretty much everything. I used the small octopus circle gamas, size 6 to 2/0.
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Post by joeyfri13 on Feb 18, 2012 6:09:50 GMT -5
Man Richard, I'd have a hell of a time not setting the hook! Lol. I seen gamakatsu had some small circles that I thought about giving a try. I think i would have this problem with most baits but i might pick some up for fishing for suckers and bullheads, but gills i use a cricket hook on a slip bobber. |
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Post by hunted on Feb 18, 2012 12:35:06 GMT -5
It helps. They work on gills too. I been using them for crappie just because they seem to swallow the hook fast on me.
Yeah, i had to refrain from setting the hook on them also. But i still give it a little jerk. I think, especially with gills, they hook themselves just from the pull on the bobber itself.
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Post by Chuck on Mar 8, 2012 20:28:44 GMT -5
I bought some small circle hooks several years ago to use for smaller fish and never used them much. Last year while bait fishing I starting having issues with gut hooking several small drum. I had never had this issue in the past. So I tied on a small circle. It took me awhile to get use to not setting the hook. But after awhile I did fine. No more gut hooked bait, and I actually enjoyed it. Will be using them again this year when catching medium sized baits.
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Post by bobbylee on Mar 9, 2012 10:26:04 GMT -5
Thanks for all your input guys. I've also used small circles for bait. If I don't have any small circles, then i use a long shank hook...
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Post by Ramrod on Mar 10, 2012 1:02:00 GMT -5
I also enjoy using the #10 circles for bait.
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Post by hunted on Mar 10, 2012 16:26:06 GMT -5
It helps a lot. Seems like the size ten are perfect for bait
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Mar 12, 2012 16:22:46 GMT -5
I also enjoy using the #10 circles for bait. where can i find these at ? |
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Post by Ramrod on Mar 12, 2012 21:35:55 GMT -5
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Mar 13, 2012 18:21:46 GMT -5
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Post by splitshot01 on Mar 15, 2012 7:25:25 GMT -5
I started using Size 6 Gamakatsu for Smallmouth a few years ago. Now I use them for suckers, bluegills or anything I can use as bait. I got mine off Ebay.
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