Great tip about the circle hooks!

That was my personal goal this year
 

I have not achieved it yet. I was very optimistic of having a good year. My plan was after having harvested one or two first, was to then release one back. This would have been on a supposed really good day where I had landed and harvested at least one or two prior to releasing a fish. Very optimistic of me, needless to say. Boy, how my plans really got turned around. Im not even in the yellowtail count this year. SMH. :cheers1: . Good for you on your sportsmanship.
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Guess its just one of those years? Good Luck.
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One thing to remember when using circles that has turned a lot of people off to them; don't set the hook. Just let the fish swallow the bait for 3-5 mississippis and engage the drag, the hook will set itself right in the corner of the mouth.

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Absolutely! The fish also needs to be swimming away from you. If your line goes slack and one tries to wind tight, there is a chance you will wind the bait out of the fish's mouth. Sadly learned the hard way -- bait flew out of the fish's mouth air bound and landed 10ft in front of the kayak. The wahoo lite up, dashed over, grabbed the bait again, and took off! Having seen this, I free spooled and the line started peeling off fast! Adrenaline caused old reflexes to kick in and I swung to set the hook:ack2:. Had I stayed calm, waited one more Mississippi, and just clicked the reel into gear, the circle hook would have set itself. It hurts to lose a fish that I maybe get a shot at once or twice a year :(