I've been doing more and more catfishing and my question is on the type of hooks to use.

I'm usually fishing in places where I'm catching small channel cats. I'll get bites constantly, but I hook up about 5% of the time.

I use circle hooks and I know you're not supposed to set the hook, but with a fish that small, they'll nibble on the bait forever so I'll eventually do a slow, even pressure hookset with the usual result being nothing.

Right now, I do not know what size hook I'm using, but I'm wondering if I need to go to a smaller circle hook.