Circle Hooks For Trout Fishing

Circle hooks are used with what anglers call a dead stick or still rod in a holder anglers do not pull back hard on the fishing rod to set the hook it is more of a finesse technique.

Circle hooks for trout fishing. Kids are fishing a fish finder rig with bait with a loop in the line to allow the trout to run a bit before hooking itself. The most popular knot for doing this is the improved clinch knot or palomar knot. The gamakatsu trout worm hook has in four sizes. Shank this is the straight back of the hook running from the eyelet to the bend.

16 14 12 and 10. You can buy the one you prefer for fishing. Circle hooks have been used successfully with both dead and live baits for many species. Recently i have hit a streak of fouled circle hooks that hooked back into the bait and resulted in pulling the bait out of the fish s mouth.

Tony i ve been using circle hooks for a couple of years fishing for seatrout and reds. The in line are the way to go the offset will get you more gutters as well. Avoid deeply hooked fish and give it a real chance at swimming back out into the water. The mustad circle hook range covers everything from baby tarpon on a fly to goliath in the deep.

This eyelet is where you attach the fishing line. The brook trout up here in some ponds are soft mouthed they tend to gum the bait for a while thinking about how it must taste before committing and swallowing the bait. Gamakatsu in line circle hooks i like them in red i have used them for trout panfish walleye when fishing live bait. Waaayy too many gut hooks basically 100.

The circle hook is the answer. Powerbait single hooks size 12 or up to 8 gamakatsu trout hooks if you are fishing for larger fish. Eye starting at the top of the hook is the eye. However if you are fishing in a stocked pond and want to avoid the smaller younger fish you can use a slightly bigger bait and hook the bigger hook will deter the smaller fish.

Circle hooks are designed to hook fish in the corner of the mouth which makes the fish easier to release. Bend this is the curve of the hook this follows a similar pattern among all trout hooks. Unfortunately anglers cannot trust that hooks labeled with the same number from different manufacturers are equally sized. I use a loop knot on straight circle hooks and snell the octopus style circle hooks.

Even if i dont make the loop there is normally enough slack from wind to allow for the gut hook. I definitely need circles. Gamakatsu trout worm is especially designed with a small but enough gaps and is the ideal hook for those soft plastic finesse worms that need an excellent wine hook for slight presentations.