taug fishing with circle hooks

[sportfishingusa]

the tog we catch all come on 3/0 gamakatsu octopus j hooks snelled to a 6 inch leader, attached to a dropper loop on 50# mono attached direct to your mainline (braid) via uni-uni. dropper loop on the bottom for your weight.









stick with the J's.

HEY.. WHERE DID YOU FIND ALL THOSE SMALL WHITE CHINS?


NICE FISH MAN...



AND J HOOKS OR VIRGINIAS ARE THE ONE AND ONLY WAY TO GO WITH BLACKFISH! IMHO

[reel 'n 'easy]

I gotta say both of you guys got some nice fish.
I was out Thursday and we were on a a non stop bite.
Most of the Togs were short. I still cant believe we cant fish for seabass but they allow all those traps out there. We could have filled the cooler with them. it seems like there was a war down there between the Seabass and Togs over the green crabs.

[BarryTurano]

OKAY, now the question. What worked better circles or j's? If circles how did you fish them?

I gotta say both of you guys got some nice fish.
I was out Thursday and we were on a a non stop bite.
Most of the Togs were short. I still cant believe we cant fish for seabass but they allow all those traps out there. We could have filled the cooler with them. it seems like there was a war down there between the Seabass and Togs over the green crabs.

[reel 'n 'easy]

OKAY, now the question. What worked better circles or j's? If circles how did you fish them?

The first set up I had was the small circle hooks which seem to work okay. What i didn't like about them was removing the hook from the togs but the sea bass was fine. The togs have that tough lip which made removing the circle's a little bit of a pain. After I lost that rig to the reck I went back to J's it just an easier hook to remove from togs. I don't dead stick them and when the bite is on it's faster to release with J's. I can see how dead sticking would be good if you are alone and want to get the meat then what have you got loose except some more crabs.

[BarryTurano]

Thanks for the reply. All questions answered for me. I'll stick with the old Virginia's.
Thanks,
Barry

The first set up I had was the small circle hooks which seem to work okay. What i didn't like about them was removing the hook from the togs but the sea bass was fine. The togs have that tough lip which made removing the circle's a little bit of a pain. After I lost that rig to the reck I went back to J's it just an easier hook to remove from togs. I don't dead stick them and when the bite is on it's faster to release with J's. I can see how dead sticking would be good if you are alone and want to get the meat then what have you got loose except some more crabs.

[Capt. Terry]

I HAVE TRIED BOTH HERE LATELY IN MY PAST CHARTERS AND I AM STICKING WITH MY TRUSTY J-HOOKS......

........SOORYYYYYYY LEFT WING DEMS........BUT IT JUST WORKS BETTER ON A TAUG.....


AND BY THE WAY TO THE PAST POSTERS ON HERE JUST BEFORE ME - THE SEABASS POTS ARE STILL OUT THER BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL SEA BASS POT FISHERMAN HAVE NOT FILLED THEIR QUOTA THIS YEAR TO DATE. THEY HAVE BEEN CUT THE PAST 5 YEARS EARLY.......NOW I GUESS YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ON A MINOR SCALE............................................................................................................................