Circle hooks for Largemouth Bass.

I recently tied up some crystal buggers on circle streamer hooks for the bass in my ponds. I fished them the day before the rains came. I caught a fair amount of bass but I also missed quite a few as well.

I understand that setting the hook with a circle hook (CH) is much different than a simple "J" style hook. A CH requires a steady pull to set thge hook into the corner of the mouth. I tried a steady pull and I tried a simple strip set and those two would work sometimes. I missed some nice strikes but I managed to catch a nice 2lb bass and a large bluegill, the bluegill was hookd through the middle of it's bottom jaw


This is that 2lber, I never saw where he was hooked, the hook came out as soon as I lipped him.

Have any of you guys tried circle hooks for bass

I never landed any real small bass but those 1lbers I was catching are fairly common. Maybe I was missing the small bass that did not have enough weight for me to pull against and set the CH.

What do you guys think