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Post by Dan Christopher on Apr 1, 2003 13:54:14 GMT -5
I am still hearing of way to many lot fish after a hard take down. Here it what I do to not loose the fish on a take down. Loose drag settings. Yep, My drags are set real loose while in the rod holder. Loose enough that you can EASILY pull line off the reel. Now when the fish grabs the plug and wants to run it can. Giving you a hook set right in the corner of the mouth. If your drag is set tight the fish will grab your plug with his head pointed at the boat. He will start head shaking and can spit the hook. If the drag is loose, he will be running away from the boat and has a real hard time spitting the hook, Because it catches in the corner of the mouth. When I get a fish on the rod does not pump at all. It just doubles over and starts stripping line. Wait a few seconds, Pick it up, apply SOME thumb pressure to the spool, tighten up the drag and fight the fish. Try this and you will loose less fish. Yes, I even do this on Steelhead in the smaller rivers.
You wait to long for a bite. Dont loose it because your drag was to tight.
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Post by fisherman357 on Apr 1, 2003 21:53:46 GMT -5
yeah my buddy lost his springer on a quickfish cuz his drag was set way to tite. i told him to losen it but he thought it was fine. so when i got mine i just let him run a lil ways then we put the brakes on
but good call Dan
tite lines
chris
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Post by Humppy King on Apr 2, 2003 17:52:50 GMT -5
Look- on any reel set your drag to just below the breaking point of your leader, and if the fish can't pull drag out then you don't want it anyway because it's too d**n small to keep- RIGHT!!!
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Post by Nodakr on Apr 4, 2003 9:28:26 GMT -5
This was a proven fact on wednesday for me!!! I got my fish to the boat ;D ;D ;D,my fishin partner DIDN'T!!!!  |
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Post by upriverbright on Oct 3, 2003 10:17:07 GMT -5
found out what I was doing wrong the other day I was using the wrong owner hooks thats why I was losing fish. Didn't think on looking at the hook before I buy it. oh well you live and learn and a good drag helps too  . |
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Post by upriverbright on Nov 10, 2003 20:27:21 GMT -5
Alot of the lost fish are due to the tip of your rod drops and you give the fish slack I seen it to many times .
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Post by boater on Nov 12, 2003 21:42:24 GMT -5
after i switched to octopus hooks on my plugs on bead chains i seldom if ever lose a fish, the siwash hooks "suck"
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Post by steelhooked on Nov 14, 2003 1:52:15 GMT -5
had way too many of them last spring, fish on then take rod out of holder and fish off!!!
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