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Post by rcbbracing on Apr 8, 2011 14:10:43 GMT -5
I've always tried circle hooks and always hated em for both flats and channels...well I went out dedicated to make em work this year. I fished for two hours last night and ended up catching some channels...they weren't pulling quite hard enough to set the hook but I stuck it out and they eventually worked like a charm...they worked my bait over for over five minutes before actually gettig hooked....so I think I've figured it out....I just wasn't patient enough in the past...anyone else have a patience problem with circles? Overall I think I am going to like them tho...
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Post by katfish on Apr 8, 2011 16:39:41 GMT -5
I like circle hooks for some situations.
Tightlining for flathead in the submerged timber at Santee-Cooper.
Drifting for blue cats. Fishing rivers where the current keeps lines taut.
Fishing for hard to hook beasts like gars or sharks.
When I depend on the fish to hook itself it has to be a situation where there is no slack in my line.
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Post by rcbbracing on Apr 8, 2011 18:15:28 GMT -5
As always makes perfect sence Robbie...I'm gonna guess and check this year and find when I like to use em...so far I am a fan tho...robbie, you never use em in the lake for flats?
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Post by katfish on Apr 8, 2011 22:47:51 GMT -5
Don't use circles for Ohio lake flathead. I fished straight down at Santee Cooper for flathead. No slack in line and the flathead hooked themselves.  We used white perch for bait. Those fish don't look like any baitfish the flathead prefer here but they work at Santee. I also fished daytime at Santee for flathead. We found resting flathead in old creek channel bends in flooded timber and anchored right over them. I think the daytime tactics are mostly because most of the guides there prefer fishing in daytime  One guide at Blacks does fish at night when summer gets hot. His boat has plenty of lights. If I found drifting or tightlining productive in Ohio lakes I would certainly use circle hooks. |
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Post by rockbass on Apr 16, 2011 9:42:34 GMT -5
I've always tried circle hooks and always hated em for both flats and channels...well I went out dedicated to make em work this year. I fished for two hours last night and ended up catching some channels...they weren't pulling quite hard enough to set the hook but I stuck it out and they eventually worked like a charm...they worked my bait over for over five minutes before actually gettig hooked....so I think I've figured it out....I just wasn't patient enough in the past...anyone else have a patience problem with circles? Overall I think I am going to like them tho... I use them a lot in the rivers and lakes. I don't have nowhere near the problems I hear people say they have with them. I'll use them under floats or tightlined. The only prob is when you get dink channels hittin them like you mentioned....you gotta let them play a lot. The other issue is if the fish is coming toward you, but really, I've fished side by side with people that are anti circle hook and outfish them 5 to 1 simply because they miss lots of fish on the hookset. I personally think it's more of a matter of personal preference. I usually let the fish dictate what I use. Something else I've learned is when I am missing fish I used to think use a smaller hook, but I started using larger hooks and would then land the fish. no sure way other than to just try things |
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