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Originally Posted by saxmatt
Nice job! Cool to see more people fishing for carp. You'll get more hookups if you don't use circle hooks, they can easily eject them. If you're seeing a lot of bumps and fish taking a few feet of line out and dropping your bait you either have the wrong hooks or dull hooks.
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Thanks!!! I have actually done pretty well with circle hooks. I put the reel almost in freespool, then when they pick up the bait I engage the drag (like I do dead sticking for most fish). The reason I missed fish the other day was because I have forgotten to put the reel in freespool after fighting a fish, so when they hit they felt resistance and dropped it. The one plus with the circles is I don't pull the hooks on carp once they're hooked. Also, I wouldn't necessarily mind missing a fish here and there knowing they won't get gut hooked. Definitely a fun fish. I have also caught them sight casting with tiny jigs.
