06-17-2013, 05:27 PM
I use 2/0 or 3/0 circle hooks and I think its much easier.
I never set the hook. By the time the pole starts bending, they're already hooked up. I've caught about 25 this spring, all hooked in the corner of the mouth, and have only had one come off.
For my setup, I use a 1 oz egg sinker, (sometimes a bead) snap swivel hooked to a premade leader that I make at home out of a 2/0 or 3/0 circle hook, about 12 inches of 30 lb braid to a barrel swivel. I make a handful of them at home and then all I do is snap the swivel to the barrel swivel and I'm ready to go.
I'm no expert, but some guys on here gave me some advise and this is what has worked for me so far.
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I never set the hook. By the time the pole starts bending, they're already hooked up. I've caught about 25 this spring, all hooked in the corner of the mouth, and have only had one come off.
For my setup, I use a 1 oz egg sinker, (sometimes a bead) snap swivel hooked to a premade leader that I make at home out of a 2/0 or 3/0 circle hook, about 12 inches of 30 lb braid to a barrel swivel. I make a handful of them at home and then all I do is snap the swivel to the barrel swivel and I'm ready to go.
I'm no expert, but some guys on here gave me some advise and this is what has worked for me so far.
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