Fish hook which is sharply curved back in a circular shape
Difference between a traditional J-hook (left) and a circle hook (right)Traditional Maori bone matau, or fishhook. The shape avoids stress concentrations which could break the bone.[1] The hole on the underside is for attaching bait.[2]
A circle hook is a type of fish hook which is sharply curved back in a circular shape. It has become widely used among anglers in recent years because the hook generally catches more fish and is rarely swallowed.[3] Since the circle hook catches the fish on the lips at the corner of its mouth, it usually decreases the mortality rates of released fish as compared to J-hook (like O'Shaughnessy or Octopus hooks) which are often swallowed by the fish, causing damage to the gills or vital organs.[4]
The circle hook's shape allows it to only hook onto an exposed surface, which in the case of a fish means the corner of its mouth. The fish takes the baited hook and swallows it, and as the hook is reeled in, it is safely pulled out of the fish until it reaches the mouth. At this point it will catch the corner of the mouth, resulting in fewer gut-hooked fish.
It is important not to perform a traditional hookset when a fish bites; rather, just begin reeling in. Performing a typical hookset while using a circle hook often results in the hook being pulled out of the fish altogether.
Studies have shown that circle hooks do less damage to billfish than the traditional J-hooks, yet they are just as effective for catching billfish. This is good for conservation, since it improves survival rates after release.[5][6]
^Paulin, Chris (2012). "The traditional Mäori 'internal-barb' fishhook" (PDF). Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 23: 1–8. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
^Object: Matau (fish hook) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
^Prince ED, Ortiz M and Venizelos A (2002) "A comparison of circle hook and" J" hook performance in recreational catch-and-release fisheries for billfish" Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine American Fisheries Society Symposium30: 66–79.
^Cooke SJ and Suski CD (2004) "Are circle hooks an effective tool for conserving marine and freshwater recreational catch-and-release fisheries?"[permanent dead link]Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 14: 299–326. doi:10.1002/aqc.614
^Prince ED, Ortiz M, and Venizelos A (2002) "A Comparison of Circle Hook and “J” Hook Performance in Recreational Catch-and-Release Fisheries for Billfish" Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine American Fisheries Society Symposium 30, pp. xxx–xxx.
^Prince ED, Snodgrass D, Orbesen ES (2007). "Circle hooks,'J' hooks and drop‐back time: a hook performance study of the south Florida recreational live‐bait fishery for sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus" (PDF). Fisheries Management and Ecology. 14: 173–182. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00539.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
A circlehook is a type of fish hook which is sharply curved back in a circular shape. It has become widely used among anglers in recent years because...
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old...
ferox than any tuna. A. ferox also accounts for 2% of all bycatch by circle and j hook longline fisheries in the Bay of Bengal. Survival of being bycatch...
that the hook is firmly anchored, especially on tough-mouthed fish (such as some saltwater species). In contrast, anglers using circlehooks shouldn't...
line caught June 5, 2015 on the Potomac River using a sausage with a circlehook. Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), another very large North American...
for a different hook design or bait type can make fishing practices less dangerous and lead to less bycatch. Using 18/0 circlehooks and mackerel for...
circlehooks when fishing with bait to reduce fish deaths following catch-and-release associated with gut hooking.: 10 The use of non-offset circle hooks...
xxx–xxx. Prince ED, Snodgrass D, Orbesen ES (2007). "Circlehooks,'J' hooks and drop‐back time: a hook performance study of the south Florida recreational...
In music theory, the circle of fifths is a way of organizing pitches as a sequence of perfect fifths. Starting on a C, and using the standard system of...
Captain James Hook is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations, in which...
A sniggle is a type of fish hook used for catching eels (known as snigs), using the method of sniggling. A typical method of sniggling is to tie a fishing...
common method of catching involves using small pieces of clam on a small circlehook. Ephippidae Pacific spadefish Chaetodipterus Angelfish (disambiguation)...
water. When fishing for any billfish, use of a circlehook, which can be dehooked more quickly than other hooks, is recommended. In the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf...
and check-hooks. And for the most part during that time, Cruz's signature come-forward pressure worked against him as Cabrera repeatedly circled to his right...
predominates, using chunks of octopus ("devilfish") or other bait on circlehooks attached at regular intervals to a weighted line that can extend for...
The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial is a memorial in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, that honors the twenty children and six educators who were victims of the...
curved strokes, the hook is written inside the curve and a small hook represents 'r' while a large hook represents 'l'. Stroke-final hooks. For straight strokes...
The Vienna Circle (German: Wiener Kreis) of logical empiricism was a group of elite philosophers and scientists drawn from the natural and social sciences...
and Mexico for loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles. Instrumental in circlehook exchange program in South American artisanal longline fisheries. International...
guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a June 1976 Sex Pistols...
needed] The most popular way to catch the Alaskan halibut is to use circlehooks that are baited with herring or other similar fish, fished from the bottom...
frequently use the term heel hook kick or sweep kick. It is known as "gancho" in capoeira. There are many variations of the hook kick, generally based on...
geometry, Apollonian circles are two families (pencils) of circles such that every circle in the first family intersects every circle in the second family...
to reopen in 2004. Gear modification, particularly a change to large circle-hooks and mackerel-type baits, eliminated much of the sea turtle by-catch associated...
"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on August 1–2, 1925. "Red Hook" is a transitional tale, situated...
Ghoti Hook (/ˈɡoʊti ˌhʊk/ GOH-tee huuk) is an American punk band from Fairfax, Virginia. The band formed in 1991, signed to Tooth & Nail Records in 1996...
Global Information
