Carp on circle hooks ?

Do any of you guys use them on carp ? My kids fish a derby every year and the lake has lots of carp in it. They've actually won it the last two years targeting them. I usually use corn and leave the bail open and let them run, tighten the line set the hook for them & hand them the rod. They are real young & have not yet mastered setting the hook without slack in the line.I was thinking of trying circle hooks and just have them close the bail and reel once the line tightens up. How do you think this would work on carp ? I never really used this style of hook B4, I know how they work and wanted to see if they do on carp.
Thanks !

Thanks, so just let them swim till the the line tightens up and fish on ?

I Fish with a friend that uses circle hooks on both cats and carp.  His hook up ration is much better than mine.  JEB it sounds perfect using circle hooks for the kids.  All they have to do is real in and fish on.

i dont target carp but i do catch a fair amount of them while catfishin. i've had very good hookup success using size 4-1/0 gamakatsu circle hooks. every carp i've ever caught on a circle hook has been hooked right in the corner of the mouth.

yep what he said

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I miss to many with them....I like the octopus #4....

Thanks guys

Maybe a noob question but what is the advantage to circle and octopus hooks as opposed to a regular old Eagle Claw baitholder/snell?

Take a look at eagle claw vs gamakatsu hooks in the package eagle claws are just plain dull if you ask me. But if,you read the original post the advantage of a circle hook is that you don't have,to set the hook. I like the gamak octo hooks just cuz I think the short shank is less visible outside the bait. Plus they're very strong and very sharp. But its just a matter of personal preference really. If the eagle claws work good for ya no need to change really. P.s. I still use e c bait holders when I'm fishing w crawlers.

I plan on updating the videos I did before too long. One huge thing that most people don't understand about the hair rig is what it does in the mouth of the fish. When you put your bait on the hair place it in your palm and then pull slowly on the end where the swivel would go and pull down. You will watch the hook turn and hook itself in the palm of your hand and the same happens in the fishes mouth as it goes to eject the bait. I used to be one of the guys that used bait on the hook and this way greatly improves your catch rate.

octopus cirle # 2 usually does the trick. let them play with it untill your pole starts going nuts then the fish is on. the octo hook has a indented barb that is designed to slide to the corner of the fishs mouth once it takes off with it, in result, setting the perfect hook.

Yes, all hooks do.  But the hair rig does it right the vast majority of the time.  If you mean hair rigs are illegally snagging, absolutely not.  There is not a single more important carp fishing invention than the hair rig.  Once you understand how a carp feeds, you won't leave home without it.

Jeb the way the hair works is the bait is in front of the hook. When the fish inhales the bait and hook in the mouth and then the fish goes to exhale the bait back out the hook turns and sets itself in the corner of the lip on the inside. The hair is not a snag rig at all. I have only had one fish snag itself outside and thats through a ton of fish. The circle hook is designed to turn like a hair but the downfall of a circle hook is you now have to rely on the hook piercing through the bait and then into the mouth. Also with a circle hook half of the good baits used for carp are not made to use directly on a hook. The hair outperforms the plain hook by a good 75% easily. Its very noticeable the difference in the catch rate as long as you do everything correct.