circle hooks for YT/WSB/Butts? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 01-27-2009, 06:39 PM

I grew up fishing locally and all we had was J hooks back then. So that's what I used. My mind was changed about circles when I went on a brood stock collecting trip for the Hubbs-SeaWorld hatchery. We were targeting yellow tail and it made since to use the circles as we wanted the best chance to land the fish alive and as healthy as possible. I went 4 for 5 that day on 20lb fish and every fish I landed was pinned perfectly in the corner of the mouth. That experience really changed my mind about circles. I use light wire circle almost exclusively for all my live and dead bait fishing now and am happy with my results. For local LJ I like to use 2/0 to maybe 4/0. That size seams right for most of the fin baits there. Mike

01-27-2009, 06:39 PM	#8
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	I grew up fishing locally and all we had was J hooks back then. So that's what I used. My mind was changed about circles when I went on a brood stock collecting trip for the Hubbs-SeaWorld hatchery. We were targeting yellow tail and it made since to use the circles as we wanted the best chance to land the fish alive and as healthy as possible. I went 4 for 5 that day on 20lb fish and every fish I landed was pinned perfectly in the corner of the mouth. That experience really changed my mind about circles. I use light wire circle almost exclusively for all my live and dead bait fishing now and am happy with my results. For local LJ I like to use 2/0 to maybe 4/0. That size seams right for most of the fin baits there. Mike