I have taken Stripers in the tailwater below Denison Dam on Texoma with streamers tied on Circle Hooks. All were hooked in the corner of the mouth.
- Gary
At 12:00 PM 07/08/2003, you wrote:
Wes,
Thank you for your gracious comments.. I don't make all my living from the guide service, we also outfit boats and teach, but we do have a great commitment to maintaining that of which we partake and try to instill that in our clients as well.
J. Jensen Outdoor Recreation Services.com Owner
From: Wes Wada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Circle Hooks Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:33:13 -0700
from a study Googled according to John Jensen's instructions:
A Maryland study on circle hooks and striped bass <http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishingreport/crsb.html>
RESULTS
Anglers caught 476 striped bass with conventional bait hooks and 640 with non-offset circle hooks.
The size of striped bass caught with bait hooks were similar (16.7 in; 10.5 - 36.6 in) to those fish caught with non-offset circle hooks (16.4 in; 11.4 - 36.3 in).
The deep hooking rate for conventional bait hooks over the course of the entire study was 17.2% and was 3.4% for non-offset circle hooks. This large decrease in deep hooking has been documented in several other Fisheries Service studies (24% for conventional hooks vs. 4% for circle hooks in summer 1996 and 46% vs. 11% in spring 1997).
The deep hooking mortality rate for striped bass caught with conventional bait hooks in this study was 53.1%. The deep hooking mortality rate with non-offset circle hooks was 23.5%. Studies done here in Maryland have consistently shown the deep hooking mortality rate of striped bass caught with conventional bait hooks to be about 50% regardless of temperature or salinity (57.7% in 1995; 41.0% in 1996 and 56.3% in 1997).
Overall, 9.1% of the striped bass caught on conventional hooks died whereas only 0.8% of the fish caught on circle hooks died.
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