I have been using 8'0 gamagotsu octapus circle hooks, and have been having pretty good hook-up ratio, but like Whisker-Ray said you need to loosen your drag. I still miss some fish sometimes, but usually they are channel cats that arn't big enough to get the whole bait in their mouth, sometimes I catch them and they are small, but a lot of time they will just keep on and rob your bait.

You can buy Croaker Hooks at Bass Pro Croaker Hooks
but they are cheaper on Ebay

Thanks Gary but Zee sold me on the beef jerkey and beer, Im driving that 3 hours to get em lol. Thanks for the information Gary.

Rich, give me a call next time your out at Cally, I'll give you a few Team Catfish hooks to try out. It's what Jonelle caught her fish on and all we use to fishing cut bait or live.
We've caught 14 inch channels on 5/0's too many times to count. Let the hook work for you..like said above leave the saddle with some gap.
CLiff

I agree with the Croaker Hook theory. I have not learned the art of not setting the hook that's required with circle hooks. Not jerking the snot out of the rod when it's bent over with a good bite goes against every fiber of my being... I use the croaker hooks with cut and live bait and have good success with every species I use them on.

+2 on The Team Catfish hooks. I have had several instances where i was not even paying attention and those double action hooks did all the work. They are lethal

thanks Cliff, will do.

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Rich

Try it out. This is the common method that we use to catch Mekong catfish.
http://thefishhook.blogspot.com/2009/04/catfish-tips.html