Good to hear! Thanks for tuning in.

@@ReelReports so when you are using a circle hook it does all the work for you

Thank you Tomas, circle hooks are great for hookup ratios and well as releasing fish healthy.

Thanks for watching John.

Thanks Joe, I'm happy to hear you and your Son are catching them up! Kite fishing coming soon for sure :)

Thanks Jason. I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks Seymour. I'm glad to hear you use circle hooks as well. Tight Lines.

Circle hooks are better I'm going to get one for my rod

@@ReelReports I like learning from your experiences, great video production! Capt. Mike, I'm having trouble deciding on whether to use straight or offset circles. I primarily fish south Fla piers and bridges for medium to larger fish, mostly snook. So I would like your thoughts on circle size and design as well as braided mainline/ leader suggestions, want to not go overboard on any of these. My rod is MH, 7ft., 20-40 line, 4oz.... I'm not a giant fish hunter but I would like to have decent terminal tackle just in case. Some piers are quite elevated. I like pinfish and plus size shrimp and Gulp! baits as well. Any help very appreciative, thanks man!

Thanks!

Thanks for the sub Ryan. I really appreciate it.

@@ReelReports sir kind of hook to catch giant travelly

ikr , such a good vid

Generally, the reason you want to use a loop knot for straight eye circle hooks is because although a lot of fishermen argue the "trigger effect". The problem with the "trigger effect" is it's not scientifically sound if you think about it mechanically. Because the "trigger effect" is when the line comes out of the eye of the hook at a 45 degree angle. But the problem with that is when your line comes out of the eye of the hook at a 45 degree angle. That causes the hook to have to travel farther in order for the hook to make contact with the corner of the fishes mouth. Because instead of being at a 90 degree angle decreasing the amount that the hook has to turn to hook the fish. Now due to the "trigger effect" it's in a 45 degree angle causing the hook to have to travel more in order to make contact and hook the fish. Whereas if you were to just use a loop knot you get the same range of motion as a snell knot but you wouldn't have to worry about the hook having to travel farther to hook the fish. Because the line would come out a straight 90 degree angle from the eye of the hook decreasing the amount it has to travel to hook the fish in the first place.

Loop knots, while usually weaker knots, do indeed allow more movement of the live bait.

I like black. There was a buzz about red hooks years ago as they said it indicated a wounded baitfish, but black has always been best for me as a live bait hook. For shrimp as bait and such, silver is fine too.

Try tighten your line. I fish in a dam where the current is strong and I usually keep my line a bit tight because the fish are moving faster and so they hook themselves right away.

Rob from ESPN's The Outdoorline, on his last radio show, recommended about 9/0 for Strait of Juan De Fuca halibut. But "J" hook, not circle hook. Alaska they'll go to circle hooks.

Line the inside of the pail with carpet and you'll see the difference.

What brand of hooks are you using?

Gamakatsu 2/0

@@jtarryohpengyew8173 gamakatsu 4/0 might work better . That's the size I use for puppy drum

I wait for 2-3 seconds of consistent tugging then reel in hard. Don’t set the rod, simply lift up the rod or reel in without moving the rod