I suggest pinching down the barb. I have not noticed any change in my hooking percentage and as long as you keep your line tight, you will not loose a fish. Lessens any mortality concerns if hooked deep as you can flip the hook around and pull it out easily. Check out this link on In-Fisherman. I've used this for years and it works perfectly, expecially with the barb crimpted. Have your needle nose pliers handy.
http://www.in-fisherman.com/magazine/ar ... okRemoval/
Circle Hooks Good Bad Ok Whats everyones Opinion
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Lunker Larry
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I started doing that after seeing your rig and the walleyes you were getting Dan! How many do you miss...none! Other than that, wacky rigging senkos(Which I hardly ever use), drop-shotting and live bait rigs are when I put these hooks to use. I prefer the mosquito hooks from Owner.Wallyboss wrote: I love using them on my tip ups with a lightly hooked minnow. Walleyes hook themselves up also.
Excellent link, thank you for that. Great illustrations and if it helps save a fish or two, it's well worth the read for everyone!Lunker Larry wrote:I suggest pinching down the barb. I have not noticed any change in my hooking percentage and as long as you keep your line tight, you will not loose a fish. Lessens any mortality concerns if hooked deep as you can flip the hook around and pull it out easily. Check out this link on In-Fisherman. I've used this for years and it works perfectly, expecially with the barb crimpted. Have your needle nose pliers handy.
http://www.in-fisherman.com/magazine/ar ... okRemoval/