b'time. This means if you hook a small Feature fish that is undersized, it can be released with minor risk of killing it.With octopus or circle styleOnce a fish is hooked in the hooks, always remember tothroat, gills or gut its chances of have the point clear of the bait. dying are extremely high. Circle hooks need a different approach to setting once you get a bite. They need a gentle steady pressure to set properly, and it can be difficult because when you get a good bite the excitement will usually cause you to want to quickly lift the rod instead of strategically drawing the rod slowly in to get a good hook set.WHEN WOULD YOU USE A CIRCLE HOOK?They are good for long line fishing like drone fishing, deep water fishing and good for general bait fishing when you want to hook a Is choosing the right hookfish in the jaw. If you are fishing to a matter of eating orcatch a live bait like kahawai, they are good because you can hook starving when it comesthe kahawai in the mouth and to catching fish? Notreduce any risk of the fish dying from being caught in the throat.exactly, however havingThere are variations of circle some basic knowledgehooks, e.g. the Black Magic KL hook. The KL hooks are of hooks can be effectivenot a true circle shape but act to your hook up rate, yourremarkably similar to a circle hook. They are also offset and wallet and whether younot straight which can increase fish sustainably or not. the hook up rate if you do pull the rod a little to set the hook.T he focus of this articleCIRCLE VS. A straight shank compared to offset shank means the hook is on hooks used forbend is angled (or offset).bait fishing, as thisThe theory is that an offset is one of the mosthook sets better when common forms ofstriking to set the hook.fishing when peopleNon-circle hooks like octopus or are getting started. ItNON-CIRCLE. suicide styles are generally more can be difficult to knowFirst - what shapepopular than circle hooks but it where to start because there are sohook works best? Ifoften comes down to a matter many options - circle or non-circlewe look at circle or non- of choice. If youre fishing by hooks? Straight or offset? Straightcircle hooks (like octopus or suicideyourself with more than one rod, or turned up eye? Stainless steel,styles), the basic difference is thathaving the second rod rigged with coated or high carbon steel? Donta circle hook is designed to slidea circle hook is a good idea, as worry if these all sound foreign, wellinto the corner of the mouth andoften the fish hooks itself and is go through what each one means. lip hook or hook in the jaw everyunlikely to swallow it down deep.20FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'