Circle hook experiment

[doggonefishin]

I'm sure Kent will reply himself in due time, but in regards to the previous respondents, he was setting the hook as described and was not "letting them have it" with a traditional hookset. On a majority of his misses, he seemed to miss them clean. Also, on the fish he ultimately caught, he had about as many swallow the hook as I did using standard hooks. FWIW, I was having no difficulty in hooking up fish and the action was incredible, with a probable 40+ fish day for myself alone. Also, the fish were not dinks, with most being the standard UL "cookie cutters" of 20-24 inches, only a few smaller and as Kent noted, a few bigger.

So a question for the circle hook guys. Is the main reason you use them to reduce deep hooked fish or do you perceive other advantages with them?
[signature]