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Reply With QuoteDon't set the hook when using circle hooks. Just reel up the slack and load the rod. It designed to get them in the corner of the mouth
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I was catfishing and got bites but no fish i was using 1/0 circle hooks and minnows it was like they were spitting it out when i went to set the hook.
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Don't set the hook when using circle hooks. Just reel up the slack and load the rod. It designed to get them in the corner of the mouth
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yep circle hooks are an odd thing , hard to get used to not setting the hook , but it is just like stated , you set the hook and you dont ketch .....makes me crazy to use them for sure .....its like topwater ketchn , you set the hook on the blowup and NADA
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i finally caught two channel catfish the other day but forgot to take pictures.
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Maybe your using to small a hook? I think mine are 6/0 hooks. Don't know about setting the hook. I have all my life and still do it but have read in different places it is wrong thing to do. I don't set them to hard though, might make a difference. 70 yrs of setting hook's has made it a normal thing to do but watch some videos on you tube and no one sets the hook! Another thing I learned is don't bury the hook in the bait. I use mostly chicken breast and have gone to smaller thinner pieces and run the hook through two times at most and leave a lot of hook exposed out of the bait.Originally Posted by Aaron e
