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| So far this year I have lost more than the usual amount of fish due to what I believe is poor hook setting. The ones that engulf the lures hook up rather easy. All of the misses have been within 30 ft of the boat. I am talking about artifical lures; cranks, glides, and spinners. Has anyone gone through a phase like this and what was the problem? All of my hooks are razor sharp. Joe Bucher sets the hook once then with a type of rolling and moving back motion. Others set it twice or 3 times, but fear ripping it from their mouth.
How do you set your hooks?
Edited by esox-dan 5/15/2004 12:38 AM
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| Set it once good and hard, and if your hooks are razor sharp, that will do the trick as long as you keep your rod tip up and your line tight! 
Steve |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | I feel some people let slack in the line when setting hooks and this is worse then not setting them at all.
When I get a strike the first thing I do is make sure there is no slack, then worry about a hook set. But, it all happens pretty fast. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Most of the hookset energy comes from rod blank energy. The trick to a truly powerful hookset is to use that energy! Keep your arms in a solid position by your body. Use your wrist to set the hook STRAIGHT UP with the rod basically pointed at the fish. If you lift your arms, move the rod sideways, or wave your arms around to set the hook, you are simply pivoting the line up without transferring any hookset energy to the bait. It's all in the wrist, that is for sure.
I learned most of what I know about hookset from my Dad and a gent who used to do trick casting clinics for Lews all around the world named Shag Shahid. He taught me how to pop a hookset so hard I can tie the line to the leg of a metal kitchen chair and flip it into the air. Shep?
I had a problem when I switched to superlines tearing the hooks out of the fish on the hookset, and had to adjust my drag back some to stop that from happening. |
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