Talk:Circle hook

Sustainability

There defiantly needs to be a section added about industrialized fishing boats and the use of J-Hooks and Circle Hooks. This section seems a little too aimed a recreational fishing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.212.254 (talk) 07:40, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Hook more fish?

This study suggests circle hooks catch fewer fish: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/03/28/study.finds.circle.hooks.lower.catch.rate.offshore.anglers 209.6.29.108 (talk) 00:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, your source [1] does say that but it's specifically a study for 3 non-billfish species, such as yellowfin tuna, wahoo and dolphin fish. It's not every fish and doesn't contradict the citation. I also read the citation currently in Wikipedia article - "A Comparison of Circle Hook and “J” Hook Performance in Recreational Catch-and-Release Fisheries for Billfish". It is only referring to the much larger billfish there and it indeed does say it has a slightly higher hook rate than J hooks, and less likely to be swallowed in comparison, in its opening summary. BUT the real issue is that the editor over-generalised the results. This is specifically for only billfish and only comparing against J hooks. However they made it sound like it's a universal rule for all fish species, and as if it's compared with all types and sizes of hooks, when the source NEVER said all that (WP: SYNTH). I think that needs to be clarified. JaredMcKenzie (talk) 13:03, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

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How-to

@JaredMcKenzie: we generally avoid adding how-to or instructional content like that. If you want an avenue of advancement for this article I would suggest including information about longlining, I've been meaning to do it myself for more or less a decade... How time flies. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:17, 2 December 2025 (UTC)