Live lining ?

[MrHunters]

i had a bad route of 3 fish in a row gut hooked. Felt awful about it.
Switched to circles and its been much better.

[tattoobob]

Thanks everyone, Circle hooks it is

[scoobe]

Bob,

Didn't we use big Gami circles to live line herring back in the day? I'm pretty sure we hooked em through the eye socket - in one side and out the other - and I don't think we had problems hooking the fish that day.

Originally Posted by tattoobob

Thanks everyone, Circle hooks it is

[fishsmith]

I use a small treble in the head and out the eye straight to mono. live bait gets inhales a lot, if the hook isn't visible, it's usually supper, if I'm not keeping it, I just cut the line, retie a hook and try again.

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by scoobe

Bob,

Didn't we use big Gami circles to live line herring back in the day? I'm pretty sure we hooked em through the eye socket - in one side and out the other - and I don't think we had problems hooking the fish that day.

Scoobe, Bunker and Mackerel have fatter heads so it makes it harder to put a single hook thru it's eye sockets that's why I switched to trebles, I but I have been getting a few gut hooked fish, that's why I thought it would be better for the fish to switch to something else. I figured I would ask what others are using and there methods of success