3/18/07 Grant Park - Lake Michigan

[jooleyen]

I don't know if I should be posting this...

I went to Lake Michigan to try to catch some Steelhead because our lakes are still kind of frozen and no bass to be caught.

I caught one lousy sucker on a crankbait.

Swimming Away:


12" :





This was hard to believe myself and you may think this is a lie, but I had 7 Steelhead on my line, each fighting for about 10 seconds, and EVERY SINGLE ONE came off!!! Were my hooks not sharp enough??? I tried loosening the drag, tightening it, setting the hook softer and harder. I was using a 6'6" Med Hev rod though. I've caught at least 20 fish on crankbaits with that rod and never lost a fish on this rod though!!!I've even caught fish on a 7'0" Heavy with crankbaits.

What brand/size hooks would you recommend I buy to replace medium diving crankbaits?

Thanks all.