Are you planning to use blue cord or rod & reel for trolling?

• Double hooks work great on blue cord, better grip when hoisting the fish over the side of the boat
• I have used circle hooks when trolling for our local albacore, they work fine
• I prefer quality J-hooks for rod & reel trolling, once in a while I have had tuna get off double hooks when I leave them hanging while getting a bait/jig stop going
• Circle hooks excel on the troll when you are being selective about what you want to kill, and especially in catch and release situations

 

On all my clones I rig up my self, I now use a double barbed hook with a small SNAP TIE around the shank . Started doing this after losing the fight after more than 20 min. with the biggest tuna I had ever layed eyes on ! The fish was hooked by only one side of the double hook and straighten out then pulled through the barrel swivel it was looped through . Got the whole lure back with no hook or fish . :redface: :bigshock:

 

Two pronged - minimum 10/0 - remove the barbs. I always thought they were called "fang" hooks. Single J hooks on diving plugs. Mix of large singles and trebles on diving plugs-jury still out on that. Singles are way easier to remove(from the fish and your hand or leg).

 

it would all be rod/reel trolling clones. Maybe I will have to hive it a try on a clone or two and see if there is any difference in hookup ratios

 

Treble hooks work great on clones.

 

Double hooks on the hoochies and J hooks on cedars for me.

 

I prefer a siwash hook if rigging with a single hook. They tend to run straight and give better action to any lures or plugs than a standard J hook