Circle Hooks with a PIN

Beatsworkin' · 04-28-2008, 07:33 PM

What do you guys think?

madgaffer · 05-18-2008, 12:23 AM

i use vmc 8/0 or the elf2004 circle hooks for whites. I crimp my hooks onto my leader and set my pin rig up by feeding it in with the leader and crimp. same as u would fishing a j hook pin rig for tuna fishing with an islander. except now i use a smaller chugger or bait head in front of the bait.

Beatsworkin' · 05-18-2008, 07:10 AM

I soldered the copper to the plated hook, so it won't move.
The PIN is a little high, can be cut down to size.
I should have taked the picture without the leader.

jbones11 · 05-19-2008, 04:06 PM

What are you trying to do here ? Fish a bally on a pin rig using a circle hook ?? Why go circles and pins together ? Go J hook and pin for tunas and rig your circles on nakeds fully exposed for billfish. These kind of throw both styles together and defeat the purpose.

Beatsworkin' · 05-20-2008, 07:39 AM

Just trying to use circle hooks as much as possible.
This is an idea to keep the circle hook in place when trolling a naked ballyhoo.

Hroonk · 05-22-2008, 08:42 AM

What kind of circle is the top one with the long shank? Doesn't that defeat the design/intent of the circle?

Beatsworkin' · 05-22-2008, 01:52 PM

Don't know where I got that hook.
I doubt it will gut hook a fish.

Sportsman · 06-05-2008, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beatsworkin'

What do you guys think?

wrap a 10" piece of monel around a loop in the smallest barrell swivel you can find. run the clean end of the monel straight down through the bait's head and out his throat. make a couple of wraps through the eye sockets and behind the gills. finish out by wrapping the excess down the baits nose and bill. use a 7/0 Eagle Claw circle hook that the barb just barely fits through the top loop in the barrell swivel above the baits head. have plenty of baits pre-rigged. when a bait washes out, just pull the bait from the hook and add a fresh one.

captjohn22 · 06-11-2008, 05:37 PM

I crimped my pin rig but I had a small egg sinker in between the hook eye and the crimp. Set it up just like a J hook with a rubber band and went 6 for 6 on yft Saturday out of OI.
KISS, it worked.

Hroonk · 06-11-2008, 05:51 PM

That's pretty cool to hear, CaptJohn.

I'm assuming you put a skirt or seawitch in front of the circle pin rig like a normal j hook? Also, did you happen to notice if the circles hooked them in the corner of the mouth? (I'm assuming the tunas crashed the baits and hooked themselves.)

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05-18-2008, 12:23 AM	#2
madgaffer Hide- My Wifes Logged On Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tuckerton Posts: 146	i use vmc 8/0 or the elf2004 circle hooks for whites. I crimp my hooks onto my leader and set my pin rig up by feeding it in with the leader and crimp. same as u would fishing a j hook pin rig for tuna fishing with an islander. except now i use a smaller chugger or bait head in front of the bait.

05-18-2008, 07:10 AM	#3
Beatsworkin' Got fish Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Haverford Pa. Posts: 173 Boat: Beatsworkin Home Port: Ventnor, NJ Occupation: rooftopsolarsolutions.com	I soldered the copper to the plated hook, so it won't move. The PIN is a little high, can be cut down to size. I should have taked the picture without the leader.

05-19-2008, 04:06 PM	#4
jbones11 I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 1,045 Boat: Im a boat whore Home Port: Cape May Best Catch: 3 fish on one hook Occupation: Its hard and shiney	What are you trying to do here ? Fish a bally on a pin rig using a circle hook ?? Why go circles and pins together ? Go J hook and pin for tunas and rig your circles on nakeds fully exposed for billfish. These kind of throw both styles together and defeat the purpose.

05-20-2008, 07:39 AM	#5
Beatsworkin' Got fish Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Haverford Pa. Posts: 173 Boat: Beatsworkin Home Port: Ventnor, NJ Occupation: rooftopsolarsolutions.com	Just trying to use circle hooks as much as possible. This is an idea to keep the circle hook in place when trolling a naked ballyhoo.

05-22-2008, 08:42 AM	#6
Hroonk Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: May 2006 Location: Havre de Grace/Ocean City, Md Posts: 421 Boat: 270TE World Cat Home Port: OCMD Occupation: Blowin' chit up	What kind of circle is the top one with the long shank? Doesn't that defeat the design/intent of the circle?

05-22-2008, 01:52 PM	#7
Beatsworkin' Got fish Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Haverford Pa. Posts: 173 Boat: Beatsworkin Home Port: Ventnor, NJ Occupation: rooftopsolarsolutions.com	Don't know where I got that hook. I doubt it will gut hook a fish.

06-11-2008, 05:37 PM	#9
captjohn22 I practice safe fishing Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Haddon township, NJ Posts: 71 Boat: Insatiable/The Surprise Home Port: Beach Haven/Barnegat Light, NJ Best Catch: Today. Occupation: Captain of private sportfisher	I crimped my pin rig but I had a small egg sinker in between the hook eye and the crimp. Set it up just like a J hook with a rubber band and went 6 for 6 on yft Saturday out of OI. KISS, it worked.

06-11-2008, 05:51 PM	#10
Hroonk Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: May 2006 Location: Havre de Grace/Ocean City, Md Posts: 421 Boat: 270TE World Cat Home Port: OCMD Occupation: Blowin' chit up	That's pretty cool to hear, CaptJohn. I'm assuming you put a skirt or seawitch in front of the circle pin rig like a normal j hook? Also, did you happen to notice if the circles hooked them in the corner of the mouth? (I'm assuming the tunas crashed the baits and hooked themselves.)