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Circle Hooks

Post by Leronzia » Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:03 am

Hi,

Long time j hook and long shank user, and wanting to start using circles but not sure what size and what species their best for i,e salmon, snapper, flatties, whiting etc

Thanks.

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Re: Circle Hooks

Post by Sebb » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:06 am

Leronzia wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:03 am
Hi,

Long time j hook and long shank user, and wanting to start using circles but not sure what size and what species their best for i,e salmon, snapper, flatties, whiting etc

Thanks.
Circle hook is designed to hook on the jaw, hence easy to unhook and less harm for catch and release. Getting the right size for the target fish is important. Same with other hooks, big fish with big jaw, big hook. Small fish with small mouth, small hook.

So it's all depends what fish you are targeting.
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Re: Circle Hooks

Post by Mattblack » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:33 am

Seb85 wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:06 am
Leronzia wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:03 am
Hi,

Long time j hook and long shank user, and wanting to start using circles but not sure what size and what species their best for i,e salmon, snapper, flatties, whiting etc

Thanks.
Circle hook is designed to hook on the jaw, hence easy to unhook and less harm for catch and release. Getting the right size for the target fish is important. Same with other hooks, big fish with big jaw, big hook. Small fish with small mouth, small hook.

So it's all depends what fish you are targeting.
Great for the lazy fisherman because the fish hook themselves :tu:

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Re: Circle Hooks

Post by DougieK » Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:37 pm

Basically use nothing but for all my non live baiting single hook applications.
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Re: Circle Hooks

Post by junior » Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:05 am

A mate & I use 3/0,4/0,5/0 circles for snapper and gummies and have also hooked up trevally and flathead among others.
We use shiners (no. 6) for whiting, which have done really well in the past but we haven't got on to any for ages.

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Re: Circle Hooks

Post by Kestrel » Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:51 pm

Leronzia wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:03 am
Hi,

Long time j hook and long shank user, and wanting to start using circles but not sure what size and what species their best for i,e salmon, snapper, flatties, whiting etc

Thanks.
All I know is that my hook up rate for most species in PPB has increased since I started using them on a regular basis.
Much kinder to the fish and better release (alive) rates too.
I’m a fan!
Cheers
Kestrel

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Re: Circle Hooks

Post by Lightningx » Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:44 pm

I do like my 1/0 KL circles when fishing for whiting :tu:

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