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Lets talk about circle hooks:
On average they're about 20% more effective in catching the fish.
They are less likely to get hung up in the belly of the fish.
Circle hooks are less likely to kill the fish - so catch and release is more effective.
On my trotlines I have just about switched entirely over to circle hooks. Last weekend I bought a box of circle hooks and will be replacing all of my trotline J-hooks with circle hooks over the next few weeks.
If my trotline catch improves, I might switch over to 100% circle hooks. And that goes for line fishing as well.
Sometimes I catfish off the bank of a local river. I plan on switching out the hooks in my trotline bucket with circle hooks as well.
Now for a video about trotlines
P.S. This could have gone in the fishing section, but oh well.
On average they're about 20% more effective in catching the fish.
They are less likely to get hung up in the belly of the fish.
Circle hooks are less likely to kill the fish - so catch and release is more effective.
On my trotlines I have just about switched entirely over to circle hooks. Last weekend I bought a box of circle hooks and will be replacing all of my trotline J-hooks with circle hooks over the next few weeks.
If my trotline catch improves, I might switch over to 100% circle hooks. And that goes for line fishing as well.
Sometimes I catfish off the bank of a local river. I plan on switching out the hooks in my trotline bucket with circle hooks as well.
Now for a video about trotlines
P.S. This could have gone in the fishing section, but oh well.