Has anyone used circle hooks for Pike?

[UK_Ozzie]

Rather than using trebles has anyone used a true circle hook 2 snooded for Pike?

[Peter Waller]

Yes, a 5/0 barbless sea circle is an excellent bit of kit for piking.

[dant]

Yes, a 5/0 barbless sea circle is an excellent bit of kit for piking.

 

Peter Waller is it ok if I send you a pm about a completely un-related subject to this? I would like to ask some info on a water of past glory that you may know something about..

[Peter Waller]

Fire away Dant!

[dant]

Thanks Peter..

 

Sorry Ozzie for barging in on your thread..

[ChrisBishop]

Peter Waller... Could you phone Trev Salmon - he was getting a bit worried a few weeks back because he couldn't get hold of you.

 

Hope all's well,

 

CB

[UK_Ozzie]

Sorry Ozzie for barging in on your thread.

 

No worries.

 

So circles work well. Must be heaps easy to unhook them than trebles.

 

How do you rig circles to a bait? One through the eye of a dead bait or through the gob?

 

Braid loops to rig live baits?

[Dick Dastardly]

No worries.

 

So circles work well. Must be heaps easy to unhook them than trebles.

 

How do you rig circles to a bait? One through the eye of a dead bait or through the gob?

 

Braid loops to rig live baits?

 

Ive tried 5/0 and 6/0 circles but have only been using one.Not really made my mind up either way yet.

 

Ive both tail hooked,lip hooked and hooked through the back both deads and lives. Ive not found any advantages yet (over trebles anyway) still playing but dont think I will change.

[noodle996]

cant get on with circles for pike to many dropped runs just stick to crab and uptide hooks

[Peter Waller]

Peter Waller... Could you phone Trev Salmon - he was getting a bit worried a few weeks back because he couldn't get hold of you.

 

Hope all's well,

 

CB

 

Hi Chris, everything is just fine, phone and ISP problems. Will phone Trev although I did speak to the round fella a week or so back. Trust that you are also well.

 

Noodle, just don't strike, let the pike pull the hooks into themselves, easy!