Smith first joined the circle-hook revolution after hearing an impassioned talk by Hamlin and Choate at the Miami Rod and Reel Club in 1998. Experimenting first with 5/0 Eagle Claw circle hooks that ...

Circle hooks deep-hooked 44 percent of the fish, slightly fewer than the traditional hooks, which gut-hooked 53 percent — but that difference wasn’t statistically significant.

Welcome to today's episode of Thundermist Fishing Tips. Today we're out on Lake Eerie on a windy day, so we've tucked ...

Hello folks. We're back on the shorelines this lovely summer day as we're rigged and baited up to catch common carp. We're ...

SEE IT. Best For: Medium to large cut baits, large live baits Circle hooks. rose to popularity as anglers grew more conservation minded over the last 20 years or so, though ironically, they were ...

Circle hooks save fish, right? That was the assumption when fishery managers created a rule in 2020 requiring anglers to use circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped bass.

Anglers fishing for sharks must use “non-offset, non-stainless circle hooks when using natural bait,” according to Alabama state law. This means that any hook with two or more points are ...