Sounds like a single circle rig works pretty well.

Extracting a single barbless circle should be a piece of cake as there is no second hook to accidentally "bite" you. A reverse circular motion is required to extract these hooks. From my experience with halibut, a bare hand works better than pliers. Haven't tried a de-hooker device on circles, but I suspect that a reverse circle motion with the leader hand (rather than just a downwrd force) should do the trick.

If it will stress the fish too much to remove a stubborn hook, better to just cut the leader.
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