Circle hooks are they working????

[Sterling]

We're relatively new to them. When we started using them I was very concerned about losing the Tuna and Mahi bite however the hookup seems as good and once they're on, they stay on.

[hubris 1]

I talked to a few excellent charter boat captains recently and they are not happy with fishing with circle hooks for billfish. The reason is they are getting a large # of fish hooked in the gills. As the the battle goes on they have ripped the gills out of the fish. You know that fish is dead. Their feeling is that the J hooks that may get gut hooked still may have a chance of survival. The circle hook for chunking tuna seems to work fine. Has anyone else seen this happen? Is the sollution to billfishing pulling lures? I have never seen a gut hooked fish pulling a lure. The numbers may go down a little but the fish should survive. What do you think?

NO>>>>>>>NO! they are another dumb government program.
how the hel....can you possibly gut hook a fish with a bally? give me a break. only live bait can gut hook. and i would rather use a circle in that situation. this is the same agency that brought you a block of cheese.......LOL!

[clt_capt]

this is the same agency that brought you a block of cheese.......LOL!

I never got any cheese and didn't qualify for economic stimulus either.