Quote Originally Posted by fiveeyes View Post
nice fish !!!
tell me more about the circle hooks vs aberdeen style, please.
From what I understand, circle hooks were designed to hook the side of the mouth for catch and release fishing. The Gamakatsu octopus circles I use this time of year are #6, maybe #4, I believe, and seem to catch as promised in the side of the mouth, as opposed to being swallowed like an Aberdeen. I say they "catch as promised", but you still need to keep an eye on the bobber, cause they will swallow it if you let them. They just love these little shrimp nuggets, and suck em down !

I seem to spend too much time and effort tryin to remove the hook from deeply hooked fish, not to mention the toll it takes on them. If I had to guess, I'd say about 80% get hooked in the side of the mouth with the circles, as opposed to more than 50% swallow rate, with the Aberdeens, IMO, YMMV.

I'll see if I can dig up the thread here where I got the recipe for the shrimp. I'll also post up some scale pics of the circles I use.