After some persistent jigging, I finally landed a Selar. It was pretty big and I was considering if I should even use it as bait, after all I had live prawns with me. Feeling gamey, I kept the fish alive while I set up a bottom rig with dual 4/0 circle hooks.
I carefully baited the fish so that it will stay active in the water. So I cast the rod out and put on the bite alarm and continued jigging for baitfish. Immediately, I got something on my Tamban jig - a small Bumpnose Trevally. Just then, under a minute from the first cast, the bite alarm went off. I wasn't surprised initially because Selar of this size could easily trigger a false alarm. I stared at the rod tip for a moment and it seems to be shaking more vigorously than it should.Naturally, I taut the line and slowly pull back slowly to feel for feedback. There was indeed something heavy on the line so I pulled back some more, the rod starts to bend and fight begins! The fight was short-lived once I identified the fish from its acrobatic jump, no holding back from that point on.
I got back to using prawns since I couldn't get more bait fishes. The rest of the day seem quiet, with the usual suspects stealing my prawn after prawn.
I was fishing beside a regular angler there, the day was hot and he went into the shade to take a snooze. It was then his rod suddenly took a dive, lucky he had some secure his rod secured but was it barely holding. I ran over to grab his rod while I shouted him out of dreamland. It took him awhile to realize what was going on, he quickly ran over and but the fish had almost surfaced. Another free thrill for me. 
What a day, how I wished I could have something like these to pull on every fishing trip.
Queenfish landed
Another success on circle hooks on bottom rig.
A chermin landed by a neighbouring angler.
lol makes mi wanna go back fishing liao
You use circle hooks like you use for normal hooks, the only difference is that you do not set the hook by striking the rod. The fish will run and get hook by itself, you simply reel the line taut and fight the fish. 