So did a little fishing competition yesterday. I mainly fish with carp fisherman from the UK. I'm American. I've never really carp fished before until I moved to Thailand. They alwaysssss use what I would call a normal hook.
But I read somewhere Americans use sort of a circle hook, not quite sea fishing hook. So I ordered these "carp king" hooks online. And decided to try them. Good lord they worked incredibly. I never missed a single bite and every hook up was perfectly corner of the mouth.
Am I missing something? Of course the englishmen were like no no no.
I can post picture of the difference if my rambling doesn't make sense. But what does everyone use for hooks?
Left normal right more circle
Posted by Initial_Enthusiasm36
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You just want a fairly heavy wire hook. Thin wire hooks can bend out while fighting a carp. They can also wear a hole in the fish mouth causing the carp to come unhooked.
I have caught hundreds of carp on a good ole #4 Eagle Claw 084.
I’ve been using #4 gamakatsu G Carp Specialist for a while and they are my go to for even catfish at times.
American anglers see them as a pest species so you guys arnt bothered too much about the state of the fishes mouth compared to someone in England paing £1700 a year to fish a syndicate water to catch named “famous” fish in some rich guys back garden to his estate house..
Us anglers prefer the sea angling style circles where we use overly engineered rubbish meant to catch the angler not the fish..
https://imgur.com/a/Pe5y1LF
Left is “normal hook” right is the more circle hook. Called Carp King haha.