Catch ratios for billfish have soared as crews and anglers fine-tune their circle hook skills and techniques. It is now common for anglers to catch 80 to 90 percent of their bites, and how the hook is ...

Between intense recreational-fishing pressure, big-money tournaments and commercial-longline bycatch, the East Coast white marlin fishery was near collapse in 2000. There was talk of adding white ...

Circle hooks invariably hook fish like this snapper in the corner of the mouth. Photo / Geoff Thomas The advent of circle hooks, also known as long-line hooks or recurved hooks, has changed the ...

Circle hooks are easy to set, because you don’t. If you jerk on the line you will most likely pull the hook out of the fish’s mouth every time. Simply start reeling. This takes a lot of discipline, ...

If everyone used circle hooks on Lake Mille Lacs, tens of thousands fewer walleyes would be killed this year. But not for the reasons you might think. Contrary to common belief, spread via marketing ...