Turtles

I’m pretty sure I’ve got gar stripping my trot lines,,, I decided to bait with crawdads thinking the gar would not mess with them… whatever is stripping my lines took my crawdads too.. I’m running 6/0 eagle claw circle hooks,,, and they are getting around the hooks somehow

Drop down inside of the hooks . If turtle you would catch one . They cleaning all of your lines ? What time you baiting them ? If to early before dark and using anything but bluegill then blue gills will clean the hooks

Everything is stripped, even live bluegill about 4-5 inches gone.. I’ve hooked them through the back dorsal fin.. and even tried a technique where you take scissors and cut the tail fin off and then hook them there,,,, I’m using 2 , 1/2 inch nuts for weights to keep the bait towards the bottom. Even crawdads hooked through the tail have been stripped. I’m rebaiting around 6-7 pm.

I’ve never cared for those circle hooks, but I know a lot of people have very good luck with them, I prefer the plain style it seems like they “hook” better for me.