I AGREE WITH WHAT GLENN SAYS ABOUT A FUNFISHING SPREAD....LONGS: GO JHOOK....SHORTS/FLATS: CIRCLES!!

I NEVER HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO FULL CIRCLE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS AT ONE TIME......IT'S TOUGH TO DO ON A MEATFISH CHARTER IN CAROLINA WITH ALL CIRCLES.....THE CUSTOMER DEMANDS DA MEAT!

I TOO CAN ONLY SAY I HAVE CAUGHT BUT ONE WAHOO WITH A CIRCLE HOOK-TOP OF THE HEAD RIG GUACO STYLE.....80 LB LEADER ON A DINK BAIT....DANG PURE LUCK IF YOU ASK ME.....I FEEL THAT MR HOOSKI COMES IN SO STRONG THAT HE INHALES AND OVERSHOOTS THE TARGET AND 2 FT OF LEADER GOES INTO HIS TEETH........BYE BYE

NOW THIS METHOD YOU SPEAK OF REVEILLE USING THE ANAL VENT AS AN OUTLET FOR A CIRCLE OR EVEN A J......IMO....I SAID IMO ........THIS TAKES AWAY FROM THE SWIMMING ACTION OF ANY BALLYHOO.....I HAVE INSTALLED CIRCLES (JUST LIKE A J ) THE NORMAL WAY AND HAVE CAUGHT MUCHO MAHI AND A FEW YFT THIS WAY....BUT I NEVER USE THE ANAL FOR ANY STYLE HOOK ON A BALLYHOO

MY MOST PRODUCTIVE CIRCLE HOOK EXPERIENCE ON TUNA WAS CHUNKING.......FOR CHUNKING, CIRCLES WAS A NO BRAINER AND GOOD FOR THE RELEASE FISHERY.....WHICH MOST DAYS YIELDED 20 PLUS FISH A DAY FOR THE AVERAGE CREW.........

WHEN TROLLING...I INSERT A 14/0 MUSTAD CIRCLE INTO THE HORSE BALLYHOO JUST LIKE A J-HOOK....DANG THING LOOKS STUPID HANGING THERE ALRIGHT BUT I DID CATCH QUITE A FEW THIS WAY....THIS WAS BACK DURING OUR RELEASE ONLY & TAG-A-GIANT DAYS .....THIS WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ILANDER HEAD ADDED.......IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ALL HOOKUPS WERE CORNER-MOUTH.

DINK BAIT CIRCLE...TLD25 CLASS....BILLFISH:

I WAS SHOWN THE GUATAMALA RIG SEVERAL YEARS AGO.....IT WAS "INVENTED" BY A FAMOUS CAPTAIN WHO HANGS DOWN THERE....I PRACTICED IT SOME AND LOVED IT.....USED IN A TOURNY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WAS VERY PLEASED AFTERWARDS....THIS WAS THE SWIVEL IN HEAD-MONEL WAY....CIRCLE INTO THE SWIVEL THING......THIS METHOD WAS PROVEN AS A VERY WORTHY ADVERSARY IN GUATAMALA WHERE THE PROVING GROUNDS ARE RICH WITH HIGH MARIN NUMBERS......

IT'S EASY TO PROVE A RIGGING METHOD WHEN AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED AND YOU KNOW ANOTHER MARLIN WILL BE ALONG IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO HELP YOU FIGURE IT ALL OUT ......A FEW YEARS AGO I TERMED THIS RIG THE GUACOMOLE RIG FOR INTERNET PURPOSES ONLY ....

HERE IS A VIDEO CLIP OF HOW I DO THIS RIG.....
http://www.wahoonbox.com/videos/circle.wmv

AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY MY WAY AND NOT THE ONLY WAY....THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO RIG A CIRCLE .....IF I HAVE CONFUSED YOU...OR YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS I WILL TRY TO ANSWER....AND I AM SURE OTHERS WILL DO THE SAME

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