Pike Fishing in Ireland with circle hooks 

Great video. I use circles for pike and perch. Hooking the baits in the back seem to work around 70% of the time for pike. for perch I hook them in the back and nose both seem to work decently. bait size seems to make a big difference. The bigger the bait the harder it seems to be to get a good hook up. I tend to stick to medium roach for pike if using circle hooks. But It is a work in progress. Rivers seem to be easier to get far more solid hook ups I think because they are taking the baits and turning more in the flow. I'm usually twitching the baits in the river under the float. Might help get a more aggressive take. They are worth persisting with I think. Hope it helps. Good fishing. 👍

Great vid. I only use circle hooks on deadbaits and livebaits for pike. I place the hook through the mouth and up through the snoot. My preference is a 3/0 circle tied to 30 lb fluoro leader. When the pike takes, I give him a good 10-30 seconds before I turn the handle crank. No need to set the hook... the pike does that. Always try to get the pike to move away. 90+ per cent success rate. Good luck to you!

You're covering the hook point with the bait. You need to "shallow" hook the bait and be sure the bait doesn't cover the hook point. Let the pike feel some resistance from a tight line, let it run (hopefully in the opposite direction), THEN start reeling in.

Enjoying the videos over Christmas, only just found this channel. Nice to see great quality Irish Pike fishing videos

Awesome video mate! Nice seeing a fish fly out of the water like that! Well done to him on the new car pb! 21 is a monster

Nice vid mate!! Loved the first song of the vid. Keep them coming!!! 👍🍺🎣

It's usually best if a circle hook can be snelled to pull the point into the corner of the mouth. I'd try a 50lb mono or fluorocarbon hook length. When I've shark fished we do just put the circle hook on a loop on a wire leader. I suspect those pike were holding the bait in the middle of the body and the circle hook wasn't in the fish's mouth at all.

Nice video. I haven’t used circles yet but do fancy trying them. Have a look at Heads First Deadbait Rigs. They make theirs more like a carp hair rig, which might work better for you. Hope you do a follow up video using circles again to see if you’ve cracked it!

I forgot the link to the VMC Ryder hooks afaik , they are not sold in Ireland/UK etc , but tackle dealers should be able to get them , small hook goes into dead bait as said ; if hooking bait in the middle , I trap the trace with bait elastic - you can make a two hook trace as well of course - it still reduces the hook count over double trebles www.pecheur.com/achat-hamecon-double-vmc-ryder-9902-bz-19555.html

Seen that giant hook set and had to pause the video and check the title because i was certain it said you were using circles haha

Great angling love the vids

Nice crocs and congrats on the pb. My fish seem to be getting smaller by the year 😆

Nice video man love the channel. Cheers 👌

First you covering the hook point and don't pull up when hooking, pull opposite direction, keep rod down

Well done lads

Well done lads. Good Angling

Hi. Excellent fishing....

Hats off to the camera man!

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Great video mate

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interesting video turned out!

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Did you try hooking any of them in the middle of the back simon, I've had lots of success that way with a single treble, good video well put together 👏

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Reel faster, to slow and gives pike a chance to get rid of the bait ! Great video mind

Loved the video both fishing and filming! Channel is great just found it. Ryan was using an ambassadeur c300 series on one rod I think, any advice on how to spool them up, mine keeps slipping despite being put on by a tackle shop twice. Great fish Ryan magic. Keep the videos rolling boys!

After 50 odd years of using trebles I think I will stick with trebles.

Update - managed to get loads of circle hooks in different sizes - all useless for me . The wire gauge is too heavy and I cannot straighten the hooks in snag tests - the Cannelle traces snap . So does heavy duty flourocarbon . They might be OK if you fish where there are no snags , the lighter wire versions for dropshot ( wacky hooks) are no good , the sizes are too small . I'v e gone back to VMC Ryder hooks , these are double , but I only use one with bait elastic , with the small hook in the deadbait and the barb crimped down on the the large hook .

You need to snell circle hooks

Have you had anymore success with the circle hooks Simon?

Not impressed?? Circle hooks work perfect!! If you do it right. See Erik de Jong reaction

Top de mais amigão Tmj 🤝👍

Hair-rig...... 😏

Stick to the trebles simon that's cost you fish 😬another great show👌

What's them floats you use Simon?

I'm Carpe. Magic

circles should not be used for pike , i know its your first time but they are a catfish hook and big game fish hook

I don’t understand Stan when you miss the fish leave the bait in usually they come back with a hook just in the tail of the bait