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Newbie, texas rig, failing to set hook
I'm not particularly experienced at fishing, and have just started fishing
texas-rigged plastic worms. I get lots of good bites this way, but never
manage to set the hook. I've switched to wide worm hooks to no avail.I know the fish isn't spitting out the bait, because if I open the reel, the
fish will swim away with it until I try to set it (and proceed to yank it
out of the fish). Any suggestions? Thanks,
Rick |
The
Sep 9
2005
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| Using too light of a rod can cause this,, you did not state if the hook
came through the bait or not, I used to let them run twice and set the
hook on the 2nd run, but I ended up with a lot of gut hooked fish. Many
set the hook on the first twitch they see or feel in their line, and
they set it HARD. Another problem I have run into is big bream grabbing the tail, or very
dink bass, they just never get the hook in their mouths
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Rodney
Sep 9
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| I have a heavier rod I'll try, and I'll try really whipping the hell out of |
The
Sep 10
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| Remember to reel up any slack before setting the hook also. When texas rigging, poke the hook through the plastic then skin tuck it back
in. Also it real easy to rip the worm from a bass if it's swimming right at
you Rodney is right about light rods especially if your making long casts, if
that's the case switch to a braided line It will not require as much of a hook set like mono does. Like I mentioned, I always try to avoid setting the hook on a bass coming
right at me. A good thing to do is fish some surface plastics like Yum buzz frogs or
Zoom Ultravibe speedworms, you will know when the fish has it and they are a
little more reluctant to let it go right away IMO, you can also try that
hammer hook set!! Good Luck |
alwaysfishking
Sep 10
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| Try this. http://www.richz.com/fishing/fishtips/hookset.html |
RichZ
Sep 10
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| That's the best I've seen written on hook setting
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Rodney
Sep 10
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| I've rigged like that, and even taken to leaving the tip just outside of the
worm, such that it rests against the worm. Since then, I've only gone out
once, and I didn't get any nibbles except some excessively small fish that
were hanging around under my boat in the shade. I think the bites I was getting before were going mostly sideways or away,
not towards me. Sometimes it's hard to tell, as the fish shakes the hell
out of the line without going far. > that's the case switch to a braided line
> It will not require as much of a hook set like mono does. Worth a try. Thanks, everybody, for all the help. Rick |
The
Sep 12
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