Circle hooks

[IANG]

Advice please,do any of you reccomend the above for shore fishing?

[codcatcher3000]

i use them down horden . i find when usng them u do lip hook the whiting , i buy mine from a shop in roker . tronixpro ones. thats as much as i can tell u bout circle hooks.

[john/r]

hi used them the other day for the first time ever i had quite a few yting and a codling .circle hooks 9 times out of 10 hook was,nt swallowed.

drawback pain in backside for baiting up with worm and find shorter hook traces paternoster
worked best with them.

[g-force]

I don't use a lot of pennel rigs but I find circle hooks make a very good pennel hook - I've had quite a few fish nailed in the scissors on them when the main hook has been hanging outside the fishes mouth. I've used them for scratching as well & they're good with small crab or fish baits, but a pain to thread with worm. A baiting needle certainly helps but it's still a bit fiddly.

Gary

[codcatcher3000]

aye a baiting needle is fiddle due to angle of the hook. i use a home made baitloader when i bait up with worms on a circle hook. its like a baiting needle but not? breakaway makes proper baitloaders i think , its a doddle to use.

[IANG]

Circle hooks

Thanks for the replys,sounds just the job for big pennels in the winter and maybe size 1 for the tings.

[mick dunn]

I used Tronix size 7 in Norway. Made my own two hook flappers. Hookes were fine i caught my 11 lb r on them. The same hook also caught a 2lb flattie. They are supposed to lip hook but they still get took a long way down. Circle hooks are used on long lines for Tuna-seen them on telly. Much beiiger than 7-0 though.
ps i am also taking some on my next visit. Hooks are better for self hook ups rather than a strike.
Mick.

[IANG]

Circle hooks

Thanks for your input Mick