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Author:
bigh1590
Date:
Apr 12, 2013
Subject:
hook setting while fishing plastic creatures??
Message:
First off I've been catching bass for years on an assortment of hardbaits ie: poppers, shallow diving crankbaits, jerkbaits but mainly original floating Rapalas of various lengths and colors with great sucess. However i was fishing tuesday on my lunch break at a pond behind my work and put a Rapala "clanking crank" in the trees on my first cast. Spent like 20 min looking for it, finally found but didn't cast it agian for fear of loosing it. The spot I was fising was really covered with trees. So I went back today with a weedless lizard, had three bites but couldn't set the hook right. I'm use to setting a hook quickly with a hardbait but was wondering if one should wait for a bass to take a plastic or should a hook be set quickly? I've fished weedless and carolina rigged Senkos and jigged up craws with moderate sucess over the years but always had monster strikes on them. Also is there a way to rig a second smaller hook on the back of a long creature or worm and if doing so will it ruin the action while swiming? Could my hook size be wrong? Should I use a offset hook or extra long extra wide hook help instead of the regular wide gap 4/0 hook im using now? Thanks for the advice!!!!
Author:
anointed130
Date:
Apr 12, 2013
Message:
You could be doing everything right, could be just the time of the year, sometimes in the spring and fall the bass don't smash the soft plastics but pick it up very lightly. A good brand of hooks are Gamakatsu, they always work really well, I use a size 1 or 2 G lock a a lot, they seem to work well for me.
Author:
billysenko
Date:
Apr 12, 2013
Message:
I agree, the bass are hitting real light right now. Most of my hits this week have been on the back end of my baits. They are not hitting them hard yet. When the water warms up more they will hit them harder. I watched a few bass come up and just hit the back end of my jigs and grubs.
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