lobsterman

The Demon Circle hooks are not legal as per FWC. That stinks because they are as sharp as Owner at half the price. Those tiny demon circle hooks are murder on triggers that is for sure. The octopus hooks aren't concidered a circle hook either. They are getting rediculous between the new regs on fish quotas and now which hooks you can use. Pathetic

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Tuna Man

:doh:doh If the off-set on the Demon Circle Hooks is small and they are so sharp, and cheaper and you want to use them....then straighten them out if it can in fact be done....PROBLEM Solved

This hook started as a NON OFF-SET Hook. Took me less then 30 seconds to get the (in a different area) Vice Grips, lock in vise and OFF-SET the hook. And this is a Tuna hook.

lobsterman

Any time you bend or straighten metal you weaken it so you will loose part of the reason for using them in the first place. I hate equiptment failure, especially when you hang big wally and he is coming to the boat nicely and then something gives. So I will just stick with Owner Circle Hooks even though they cost a bit more. I haven't had one fail yet and I have had Eagle Claw Lazer sharp fail 3 or 4 times. So they aren't even allowed on my boat anymore. And regular Mustads are just too darn dull. A guy on my boat yesterday lost 2 thirds of his fish because he couldn't hook them. Nothing more aggrevating.

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markw4321

I tried using circle hooksa few weeks back on a chicken rig on a spot I knew there were trigger fish on. The guys at outcast were kind enough to show me a good trigger circle hook size and give me pointers:

"reel and pull up with a steady pressure to set the hook. don't jerk etc"

My fishing partner was usingregularhooks and caught 3 nice triggers while all i did was lose bait. I switched back over to regular hooks and started catching triggers right away.

Guess i wasn't doing it right some how.I was getting trigger bites,and i wasn't trying to set the hook hard etc. Appreciate any tips on techniques using circle hooks for trigger fish.

Mark W