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| Last two weekends I've had fish eat on the 8. Unfortunately both have only been hooked for a second or two and then they've come unbuttoned. (I'm using bucktails).
I may be setting the hook too soon, but wondering, when they hit at boatside do you set the hook vertically, drive it back into the fish, etc.? Neither fish hit the bait hard at all.
I need to get one more tank before ice and I know my opportunity will happen on the 8! Tips or Tricks are appreciated. Thanks.
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Location: University of Hartford | I honestly dont set the hook, i see the bait get t-boned and then pull the bait back into the fish, pull the rod in towards the tail of the fish and haul it around the boat until it tries to take a run, then let it and fight it from there.
I have only lost one on that method, but it was the one that it mattered.
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| drive it back toward the tail if possible - if you watch your bait instead of the fish you'll be able to see how the fish eats it better and you can set the hook accordingly - take your time! |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Yep...react to the fish and pull the opposite way. If you pull up, the tendency is to be driving the hooks through the toughest part of the mouth. By reacting, you are working to get the hooks into the side of the mouth...a much softer area.
Most times, I just pull the opposite direction. In most cases, the fish is hitting hard enough they set the hooks themselves, and actually jerking to set the hook is not doing much...but possibly straightening out the hook if it is light enough...
Steve |
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Location: Hopefully on the water | I try to set the hooks back towards the tail if I remeber. But majority of them that I have had go on this I drove the hooks straight downand kept moving with the fish in the direction it is facing. The one thing this has helped with is keeping the fishes head down instead of the fish going airborne trying to shake the bait. I have lost a fish this way but it is all reaction to the fish. Good luck fishing. |
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