Trout fishing with circle hooks 

This video was filmed AFTER I filmed my recent circle hook video, but before I published it. So If I still look like a total dweeb with circle hooks that is because I hadn't seen all of your amazing feedback and suggestions when I filmed this one. This is my first time ever TROUT FISHING with circle hooks. Filmed with: amzn.to/3lFq98c Edited with: store.movavi.com/affiliate.php?ACCOUNT=MOVAVI&AFFILIATE=115152&PATH=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.movavi.com%3FAFFILIATE%3D115152&AFFSRC=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.movavi.com%2F Jan Juc Worms: www.fishingworms.com.au/

I think circle hooks are better on fish species that have a characteristic long run on their first bite. Like mulloway and cod. They work because the constant pressure pulls the hook back through the throat and mouth and the inward facing point of the hook snags the corner of the mouth nearly every time. Fish that mainly tap tap bites like red fin, yellow belly and trout are less likely to hook up this way.

With circle hooks, you lift the rod slightly when you feel weight on it so the hook turns in their mouth and sets properly. With circle hooks if you pull to hard to set the hooks it pops straight out of their mouth.

Just yesterday I caught 3 trout on the small trout hooks. ALL 3 swallowed the hook. One trout was so small...but I had to keep it. I am going to try circle hooks to see how they work. Hopefully I can release the smaller fish without tramatizing them. Some people say you lose trout using them...but thats ok. It will make for a better day of fishing. Thanx for your vid.

I rarely use circle hooks but when i do i find having plenty hook exposure and less bait helps with hooking the fish, the more bait the more of a chance the hook doesn’t roll around and get in the corner of the mouth

Hey Robbiefishing, I have been using circle hooks where I'm from (USA) for going on 20 years and what you have been told about setting the hook is true to a point, what I mean by that is you don't want to snatch the rod to set the hook but you can pull the rod back ( don't snatch ) to set the hook

Awesome video Robbie, really cool to see your giving those a go. The way I think of it is imagine what the hook is doing when its in the fishes throat. the point is not going to nick the fish until the hook starts to change angle slightly, which normally happens when you apply slow pressure and the hook starts to slide out of the fishes mouth and around the lips. So the hook is slightly rolling around the fishes lips as it comes out, and thats when the hook point would find purchase. So as for hooking the fish I like to slowly apply consistent pressure as the fish bights by reeling about as fast as the current and that way once the hook point touches the fishes mouth it has just enough pull on it to dig into the lip. If you just leave the bait where it is and let the fish hook itself you would want to be casting downstream so that the current would apply the pressure needed to hook the fish, but in this video you were casting upstream and the only pressure put against the fish was if the fish ran upstream with the bait. I hope this helps, the best way I can explain is to get you to imagine how that hook is going to behave once its in a fishes throat and what needs to happen from there to hook the fish. Thanks for the video

Hiya rob I just sat down to a coffee and cream slice and ding dong robs got a video... I find these hooks work better with with bigger fish and running water.... but hey dont listen to me 🤔. Thank you rob... and only the best to you and the family. 😎🇬🇧

Loved the video man. A bit late to the party but greetings from the US. I am definitely going to give this a try. I think this is the way to go for native brook trout over here. I don't want to gut hook them ever and they tend to swallow baits a lot. I think the large nightcrawler worm might be working against you though. If you load that circle hook up with maggots or wax worms, I have a feeling it will hook up a lot better. I will be trying this.

Because I come from the land of plenty great vid Robbie

Good job mate always is a good watch

I was just thinking this because I hate gut hooking fish and I just to take a trout that I didn't intend to keep but had to and felt bad. Thanks alot for the video

Thanks Robbie, always learning.

One of the keys to using circle hooks is leaving a lot of hook point exposed. If anything is blocking the point, the fish won't hook itself. Tight lines!

Great work Robbie, I like these videos, I think you’ll probably come to the conclusion you kinda just drew anyway. They’re better in some ways and worse in others. For me it’s become a similar discussion as Braid Vs Mono, one does somethings way better but the other does everything pretty well. I lost confidence in circles after a few quieter trips, trips where you get one or two opportunities at a fish and don’t hook up. It’s probably not the hooks fault but it weighs heavy on my mind, so I decided to go back to what I was confident in working. Keep up the videos though, you may convert me back by the end. I’m always looking to do less damage to fish I don’t plan to keep anyway.

Awesome! I'm going to try these for the kids

You GOT a few! You wouldn't THINK such a narrow creek would have ANY fish in it!

Great vid mate

Robbie i use a curcle hook with a small red bubble float..thats all..😊🐁😎

I watch pretty much every video you put up Robbie one of the best channels I watch because where I live there’s only fresh water and there’s not many people that only do fresh water videos and also Iv use circle hooks they are good because 90% of the time they won’t get off

Hi mate, circle hooks will revolutionise the way you fish for carp and redfin, normally just leaving the rod in the holder will hook the fish but for some species you still need to strike a little bit to set the hook. Best of luck and enjoyed the vid🤙🎣

Great job legend keep yo the Greta work I am going fishing tomorrow

Great video mate. Love the markings on the smaller rainbows.

What a great little stream. Another great video Robbie 🍻👍

Taking circle hooks to a new level there Robbie 👍

Hey Robbie, as mentioned below you should have the point and barb of the hook exposed, and also when they say don't strike it means don't rip hard on the rod. A slow lift of the rod tip or slowly winding in will help set the hooks when the fish takes the bait

Awsome well done

Great video mate love the trout fishing videos

The trick with circle hooks is DO NOT SET THE HOOK. just slowly reel down. Gets them every time.

Hey robbie, hope all is well mate! I only use circle hooks when bait fishing with my kids out of the boat in the river for cod, although I do use them, honestly I would say the hook up ratio is higher then a suicide hook or bait hook, but in saying that, I still strike cod on the circle hooks, yes they will hook themselves but honestly its not every time! The main reason i do use them is I tend to find as you said in the video, the side lip hook up rate is good, they tend not to get hooked deep in their throats 👍 happy fishing mate.

Ripper video Robbie! I’ve honestly never used circle hooks before. I’m normally use to long shank hooks. But I’ll have to give them a go on Redfin! Well done bro

Good clip Robbie. I think you will eventually get a feel for the strikes and your catch rate will become more consistent. Try a little experiment. Slide a hook and line down a plastic pipe. Say 12mm or so. Pull the line out at 90 degrees to to the pipe. Pull the first slow, the second fast and watch the difference. I think you may still be pulling the hook out of the fishes mouth.

Been using circles for trout for many years. Gently lift is the trick and have the hook exposed in the bait so the point can react on the jaw. They have been used in commercial fishing with stagnant long line baiting for ever.

Hey Robbie coming from some who uses circle hooks I think the issue your having is your putting the worm on like you would for a normal hook. Try getting a smaller worm or cutting one in half the thread the worm on all the way and try leaving 2-3cms of tail on and leave a tiny bit of the hook exposed so when they bite the tail they get the hook.

good job

From what I understand you need some tension in the line for this to work more efficiently. Can be done by less weight, feeling slowly, tight line.

Shame he got off before a piccy, circle hook in the hand, grim. Great action mate. Lovely.

Great catching Robbie

Wow that is some skinny water!

Awesome video Robbie. Honestly for my personal preference I don’t like using circle hooks for smaller fish. I mean I’m yet to catch a freshwater species of any kind as it’s hard to get to these spots without a 4WD but in my experience with saltwater if it’s under #3/0 size I’d rather use Tarpon, Bait-holder or O’Shaughnessey hooks. I only use circles when I’m chasing Snapper or WA Dhufish in close and huge #13/0 for Hapuka, 8 Bar Cod and big juicy Rubies. I feel like the self hook up rate just isn’t as effective. But like I said it’s my personal preference and I’m sure there plenty of fishos out there that can catch Freddie’s and Trout all day on circles. Sure patience is key but I like the feeling of a fish chomping down, striking and then watching that rod bend and listening to the reels drag.

I think you might just be over processing this 'fish hook themselves' line Robbie. Reckon you would have had at least a dozen using regular hooks and striking like you normally would! Can't say I'm a big fan of circle hooks myself, I find them hard to bait up, particularly in smaller sizes. Maybe the worms were too big for those fish too. Never mind, you have to try out new theories - 'patience grasshopper'.

I find them not good for me on the small river trout on bait for me best hook are the black light gauge hooks.nice video again

I'm a bit the same when using circle hooks, I never know when to strike or wind haha. I'm going to try them for cod once the season opens. Anyway very entertaining video mate!

Try the TW hook from Gamagatsu ! Best of both worlds - set your hook like normal with no gut hooking. They’re all we use on the White River. Order direct from Gamagatsu.

Awesome trout fishing they were so beautiful and I just loved the scenery I recently did a trout fishing video it is so peaceful especially since I have been distracted with school love that bait that you use I have the exact same one my favourite is the lucky strike spinners thought anyway have a happy Halloween!

Circle hooks don't try and set hook but when they pull you slowly wind and hook will roll and get them in side of mouth.

Another tip when using circle hooks dont over load the hook with bait

Hey Robbie might be worth trying a small long shank hook like they do for whiteing. You tend to see when they catch them they don't gut hook and the hook removes easier as you have more leverage from the long shank.

I recon circle hooks are best for fish that take the bait in one go and run they have there uses but I’m not a massive fan. Good video though 👍👍👍👍

Hey Robbie good video just a quick Question how long dose it take for the jam jus worms to Arrive in the mail when you by some

Need to give them slack line that don’t set the hook but keep the rod straight and winde into the fish as if you were pulling it in to check bait is something

Good stuff mate would you like to try some sinking hard body's? Cause I'll send you some if your keen I even get yellas on them they'd have to be the best in any water way

I've tried fishing trout on circle hooks before and been pretty disappointed in general with the results. If you're bottom fishing they usually swallow the hook anyway, and it's much harder to strike. Great for some species (I use them always when bottom fishing salt water), but not so much for trout.

I use them for cod larger owner ones always hooks them in the corner of the mouth

Get rid of the circle hooks and go back to what works for you. Another great video

Try using a hook 1 size up on what you would normally I find you get more hook ups the fish seem to still get it in

Really good video Robbie. Those streams are just beautiful compared to my local lake i went to today and copped a fair amount of rain and no redfin. Great video Robbie i hope to get out to clear spots like yours once im completely out of lockdown!

Love the videos brother. Coming from Maryland in America and it’s just really cool seeing how it looks and is done down under. Keep up the great work! Just curious though why don’t you use a trout net? They are life savers for me when trying to land a slippery trout. Cheers 🍻

Those small rainbows are a testimate to the condition of the river, stream.

Another thing to remember with circle hooks is you need to have plenty of hook exposed if its burried in the bait it wont hook up.

Great to see that you're not so precious that you can't use bait occasionally. FYI, circle hooks work best if the line is kept a little more taut, then the fish really do hook themselves. Although I can only talk for Whiting and bream...

I have always been told that with circle hooks when you get a bite reel in until you feel the fish pull, then set the hook.

gday robbie, try using a smaller tail on your bait and not too much worm, tail - the amount of bait not secured to the hook itself. i posted this b4 you said about less of a tail. 12.37 lol , what do they say robbie .. great minds lol

Thanks, that is interesting to see. What size are those circle hooks? They look smaller than the smallest ones I usually see at my local. Also, the hooks take getting used to, while you don't necessarily strike to set the hook, I have found sometimes a little contact helps so there's not too much slack line and a very gentle lift will do it so that there is a little tension there for the fish to pull against and hook itself.

A bit hit'n'miss! I used to use them back in the day. They didn't do much for my catch rate! On another note, I GOT my Janjuc worm farm all up & running! Wasn't hard to set up! Hopefully, I will have some big enough worms by Christmas!

Circle hooks not so great in small stream where fish are basicly on station and dont swim away far. They work much better in lakes and in larger rivers where the fish are cruising a beat looking for food. They grab bait and swim on setting hook.

Very interesting. I defer to you Robbie but isn’t the jury out on ‘setting the hook’ I.e jerking the rob when you get a bite. I always let the fish hook itself regardless of hook type. If you pull the Rod on a bite aren’t you just as likely pulling the hook away from a tentative bite? Maybe I’m wrong and I should be ‘setting’ the hook by jerking it towards me when I get a bite..? Keen on feedback as I wonder about this often. Maybe I would catch more fish if I jerk the rod back as soon as I get a bite? I personally prefer circle hooks because they don’t gut hook, but I don’t catch anywhere near as much as you do maybe I’m going about my fishing the wrong way. Go easy on me, just sharing my thoughts to get some tips😉

Great vid mate. I dont like circle hooks i have real problems with keeping the bait on

Hey Robbie, your bait is too big. Circle hooks don't work well if the gap between the hook point and shank is full of bait. Also I use them for whiting and if you just lift into the bite rather than jerk it works well.

It a hard one I got 6 big runs on carp useing circle hooks and missed every one the next night went back with mustard bait holder hooks and got four

Do circle hooks come with puncture proof gloves? :)

Got my first brown today 2kgs on a rainbow trout swim bait, Watching your video before mine goes up :) I love circles but I use carp hooks now similar to circle hooks but a slightly different shape, still seems to mainly get lip hooked every time... I order them online as never seen them in a store before Man I wish we had streams with trout like this in my area, Think I mentioned it before but I'm still fishing a short window of flood escaped trout haha Getting way to hot now but I think :( Today was the first one in weeks and I had to move closer to the escape point lol I still put a little tension on when using circles but I don't really strike Woah that first one is pretty little rainbow

Are fish in literally everywhere because i want to go fishing on a runoff creek off of a river and its up in the mountains. Would there be fish there?

Hey mate you don’t strike but the fish dont hook them selves you have to wind and still set the hook, wind the tension up and lift to set the hook

Have had reasonable luck carp fishing with curcle hooks. Plus you can be lazy and just leave the rod there till they hook themselves and start taking line

When i bait fish i only use circle hooks.

Why do have to use these circle hooks?

Too much bait on the hook mate, they work better with the less is more method, you can “strike” but think more slow pull than quick jab. You realised that at the 3:45 mark we hen you said you just reeled it. The thory is the hook will pull out from deeper and as the hook passes the jaws it locks in They work much better in a set and forget style of fishing with the drag set to a point it will give line but not pull the rod in, in that style of fishing id be using a J style hook

You have to reel

Great video Robbie keep it up I’m going fishing At hillston tomorrow and are you suscribed

You put a little too much worm on that circle hook as a general rule with circle hooks, you want as much hook exposure as possible. Or else the circle hook won't be able to do its job and go into the corner of the mouth properly and set the hook. I think that's the problem you were having you put too much worm on there.

Well I don't think circle hooks are for everything.

You strike but not hard if that makes sense hahah

Go back to your old hooks mate

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What's your email address Robbie,