Has anyone started ice fishing?

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(12-11-2013 01:43 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  This makes me wonder if using circle hooks will help land more pike when not running a bite leader. Technically, if they work as they should, you'd be fighting the fish with the line out harm's way once it pulls to the corner and sets.

Never thought of that before but it makes good sense. Maybe if the circle hook is on a spoon or something, to buy you another inch or two of safety? Seems like it could be a good setup when you're after both pike and another large but less bold fish, trout perhaps? I guess there's always the risk that the pike will bite it off at first strike before the hook is set, but a far smaller risk.

Now the next question is, why are circle hooks so rarely spotted in the tackle aisle??