circle hooks on tip-ups

? Would be the rubberband trick. Please explain or pic would be best

I use a mix of quick strike rigs (for pike) and single circle hook rigs (bass, walleye & trout). With the cirlce hooks I like to use the rubber band trick which will "set" the circle hook before they get a chance to drop it.

I am a firm believer in the use of circle hooks, however, one lake I fish, the walleye will grab the shiner and pull out 6" of line and sit on the bottom of the lake with it. I missed so many fish with circle hooks, I went back to a single octopus. Circle hooks work best when the fish is swimming away from the hole, these walleye wouldn't cooperate for me and circles. I haven't tried again since with circles on tip ups, but I would if I got back on a lake where the fish would move away from the hole after grabbing the shiner.

Just wondering how do you set the hook with the circle hooks on a tip-up? Also what size hook would you use for medium-medium large shiners?

It was incredible. Me & my buddy didn't miss a single fish on any of the 3 tip ups that were rigged with circle hooks, and each fish was hooked in either the lip or the corner of the mouth. I'm a believer.

Thanks Meiz, I am going to do the same. I have some 5/0 that I use for big cats. I will post my results too. I just think it makes sense if people really care about preserving the larger fish. It sickens me to see a mid-thirties pike bleeding profusely and returned to the lake. What a waste.

Now that you post this, it does make a lot of sense. I'll have to try it.

I tried it for the first time two weeks ago. It was so successful, I'll be changing out all of my treble hooks on my tip ups next weekend.