On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".


Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.

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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".


Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.

I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove the hook
and much easier on the fish.

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:42:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".


Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.

I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove the hook
and much easier on the fish.

That's true in general, but...

I've seen circle hooks get caught in odd angles - they don't work all
the time exactly the way they are intended to work.

Depends on the bait used and how much.

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:42:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".


Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.

I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove the
hook
and much easier on the fish.

That's true in general, but...

I've seen circle hooks get caught in odd angles - they don't work all
the time exactly the way they are intended to work.

Depends on the bait used and how much.

I agree, but I'm still convinced they're better than other designs.

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:42:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".

Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.
I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove the
hook
and much easier on the fish.
That's true in general, but...

I've seen circle hooks get caught in odd angles - they don't work all
the time exactly the way they are intended to work.

Depends on the bait used and how much.

I agree, but I'm still convinced they're better than other designs.




I went out fishing for a few hours this afternoon after the north wind
here today died down. Used circle hooks. Brought no bait. Was asked how
I expected to catch fish without any bait. Said I didn't expect to.
Catching fish is not necessarily the most important aspect of "going
fishing."

Spent a bit of the time practicing casting with light egg sinkers and no
hooks at all.

HK wrote:
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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:42:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".

Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.
I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the
fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove
the hook
and much easier on the fish.
That's true in general, but...

I've seen circle hooks get caught in odd angles - they don't work all
the time exactly the way they are intended to work.

Depends on the bait used and how much.

I agree, but I'm still convinced they're better than other designs.



I went out fishing for a few hours this afternoon after the north wind
here today died down. Used circle hooks. Brought no bait. Was asked how
I expected to catch fish without any bait. Said I didn't expect to.
Catching fish is not necessarily the most important aspect of "going
fishing."

Spent a bit of the time practicing casting with light egg sinkers and no
hooks at all.


Sure you did. Did Dr. Dr. Krause accompany you?

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:46:49 -0400, HK wrote:

I went out fishing for a few hours this afternoon after the north wind
here today died down. Used circle hooks. Brought no bait. Was asked how
I expected to catch fish without any bait. Said I didn't expect to.
Catching fish is not necessarily the most important aspect of "going
fishing."

Soometimes those are the best days.

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:42:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".

Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.
I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the
fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove the
hook
and much easier on the fish.
That's true in general, but...

I've seen circle hooks get caught in odd angles - they don't work all
the time exactly the way they are intended to work.

Depends on the bait used and how much.

I agree, but I'm still convinced they're better than other designs.


I went out fishing for a few hours this afternoon after the north wind
here today died down. Used circle hooks. Brought no bait. Was asked how I
expected to catch fish without any bait. Said I didn't expect to. Catching
fish is not necessarily the most important aspect of "going fishing."

Spent a bit of the time practicing casting with light egg sinkers and no
hooks at all.


Get some Berkeley Gulps (small shrimp work well) to keep on board for the
times you don't have bait. You can fish it just like live shrimp or
cut-bait right off the bottom, and they sometimes work better than live
bait...especially in preventing the bait stealers from stripping off your
bait.

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:42:58 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

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On Jul 20, 4:41 pm, "NOYB" wrote:
Use circle hooks, and you can continue to "set with the reel".

Humm. I used them last season for blackfishing and did well. I may try
it, but I am still going to work on my techniques. Went out yesterday
and actually angled for fish, instead of trolling or dropping live
bait on the bottom. Did not point one tip at any fish, still can't
stop setting with reel though.
I find that with circle hooks you are much less apt to gut hook the
fish.
Usually catch them in the corner of their mouth. Easier to remove the
hook
and much easier on the fish.
That's true in general, but...

I've seen circle hooks get caught in odd angles - they don't work all
the time exactly the way they are intended to work.

Depends on the bait used and how much.
I agree, but I'm still convinced they're better than other designs.

I went out fishing for a few hours this afternoon after the north wind
here today died down. Used circle hooks. Brought no bait. Was asked how I
expected to catch fish without any bait. Said I didn't expect to. Catching
fish is not necessarily the most important aspect of "going fishing."

Spent a bit of the time practicing casting with light egg sinkers and no
hooks at all.


Get some Berkeley Gulps (small shrimp work well) to keep on board for the
times you don't have bait. You can fish it just like live shrimp or
cut-bait right off the bottom, and they sometimes work better than live
bait...especially in preventing the bait stealers from stripping off your
bait.





Yup. I use those already. Also use FishBites, artificial bloodworms that
work well on baitfish, croakers, et cetera.

On Jul 23, 10:59 am, "NOYB" wrote:

Get some Berkeley Gulps (small shrimp work well) to keep on board for the
times you don't have bait. You can fish it just like live shrimp or
cut-bait right off the bottom, and they sometimes work better than live
bait...especially in preventing the bait stealers from stripping off your
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Another problem for me is that all of my life, what I needed to fish,
I carried in my pocket, cept' the pole. Started boating and started
buying tackel boxes and filling them with artificial baits. Went
fishing last night with my middle and her husband. Went back to live
bait, worms in this case, came home with a nice rainbow in the bucket.
Lots of very fat panfish at Crystal lake this year, in fact in lots of
lakes. Should be a good year for Calico Bass (east coast, fresh water
version, state record about 2 lbs iirc) which don't have a lot of
meat, but the fillets are better than sole. Don't really like to keep
them in summer, wormy. Anyway, the kids were swimming, and fishing at
the same time. Knew the panfish would not mind, but I did not expect
to hook a big trout just 20 feet or so under the swimmers. Rainy
today, probably won't go out.