they will work equally well on both limb sets and trotlines,  one of the bigger advantages with the circle hooks is there are far fewer fowl hooked fish and far fewer gut hooked fish by the nature of the way they catch fish, and that is important if you release the big boys and keep the little guys for eating.  also you should tail hook your bait if fishing low or no current stuations,,eye or snout hook ups in current....just be careful not to fill the gap to much