Rookie needs some advice Update

underfrog · 05-23-07, 02:49 PM

Wow, this forum and the information has really helped. I invested some more money and time and learned a lot along with picking up some good pond lures. My best success has been on a jig n pig. My only trouble is setting the hook. I went out a couple days ago, brought in three in the 1-2lb range but missed 7, 2 strikes from under water and 5 that spit on the jump. I found a great area with some down trees and got a lot of casts in before I finally got snagged. My first throw landed what I thought was gonna be a huge bass but ended up being an 8lb catfish! Once I lost the lure, I was almost done but fished a short and fat deep diver crank bait that moves really iratically on the walk back to the shore. Just reeling it it feels like I have a fish one it. Anyway, I nailed my first lunker! Unfortunately no one was there to see it

It jumped twice and fought hard, I could have fit a tennis ball in it's large mouth. It measured just under 21" from lip to tail tip and I estimate it weighed between 6 and 7lbs. What a fun catch, I'm going back out tomorrow and invested in a nice digital scale and a cheap digi camera to get pics!

-- underfrog dan

BassAddict · 05-23-07, 04:30 PM

Congrats on the lunker underfrog!

As far as setting the hook with a jig... you want to reel down and SNAP the rod back. Don't get a tight line and pull back. You need a little slack in the line then snap it back to drive that hook in. Also make sure your hook is real sharp! Good luck!

Eric

zooker · 05-23-07, 06:40 PM

add some scent this ensures they hold on a bit longer..

a word of note if you are used to fishing with a spot remover. hook set is a sweep and reel thing. this don't work on a pnj-boy how do i know..

zooker

Patrick Krueger, Jr. · 05-23-07, 08:16 PM

Don't forget our tourney on here, bro. You've beaten me already.

Zooker and Bass Addict have given the best advice (and better than I could've put it).

As far as catching the 8lb. cat, it's cool, ANYTHING THAT BENDS THE ROD!

b4ssman · 05-24-07, 03:14 AM

when i started bass fishing i thought that i could set the hook too hard........ wrong set the hook like your trying to rip that basses lips off. youll catch alot more. congrats on that big bass.

James O. · 05-24-07, 10:53 AM

Congrats on the lunker

The Bass Master · 05-24-07, 04:07 PM

have you tryed to cut a little off your weed guard. and how are you feeling that the fish is on befor you set the hook?

Sapper364 · 05-26-07, 11:44 AM

Good job underfrog.

When fishing a jig set the hook on anything that feels out of place, a tic on the jig, your line hops, a flat weight on retrieve. Many times it's not the hookset but when you set the hook. Keep learning that jig and keep that pole bent.

05-23-07, 02:49 PM	#1
underfrog BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2	Rookie needs some advice Update Wow, this forum and the information has really helped. I invested some more money and time and learned a lot along with picking up some good pond lures. My best success has been on a jig n pig. My only trouble is setting the hook. I went out a couple days ago, brought in three in the 1-2lb range but missed 7, 2 strikes from under water and 5 that spit on the jump. I found a great area with some down trees and got a lot of casts in before I finally got snagged. My first throw landed what I thought was gonna be a huge bass but ended up being an 8lb catfish! Once I lost the lure, I was almost done but fished a short and fat deep diver crank bait that moves really iratically on the walk back to the shore. Just reeling it it feels like I have a fish one it. Anyway, I nailed my first lunker! Unfortunately no one was there to see it It jumped twice and fought hard, I could have fit a tennis ball in it's large mouth. It measured just under 21" from lip to tail tip and I estimate it weighed between 6 and 7lbs. What a fun catch, I'm going back out tomorrow and invested in a nice digital scale and a cheap digi camera to get pics! -- underfrog dan

05-23-07, 06:40 PM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	add some scent this ensures they hold on a bit longer.. a word of note if you are used to fishing with a spot remover. hook set is a sweep and reel thing. this don't work on a pnj-boy how do i know.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

05-23-07, 08:16 PM	#4
Patrick Krueger, Jr. BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kenosha, WI Posts: 567	Don't forget our tourney on here, bro. You've beaten me already. Zooker and Bass Addict have given the best advice (and better than I could've put it). As far as catching the 8lb. cat, it's cool, ANYTHING THAT BENDS THE ROD! __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. - John Buchan

05-26-07, 11:44 AM	#8
Sapper364 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Crocker, Missouri Posts: 12	Good job underfrog. When fishing a jig set the hook on anything that feels out of place, a tic on the jig, your line hops, a flat weight on retrieve. Many times it's not the hookset but when you set the hook. Keep learning that jig and keep that pole bent. __________________ "Freedom isn't Free"

05-23-07, 04:30 PM	#2
BassAddict BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 805	Congrats on the lunker underfrog! As far as setting the hook with a jig... you want to reel down and SNAP the rod back. Don't get a tight line and pull back. You need a little slack in the line then snap it back to drive that hook in. Also make sure your hook is real sharp! Good luck! Eric

05-24-07, 03:14 AM	#5
b4ssman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: victorville,ca Posts: 19	when i started bass fishing i thought that i could set the hook too hard........ wrong set the hook like your trying to rip that basses lips off. youll catch alot more. congrats on that big bass.

05-24-07, 10:53 AM	#6
James O. BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Winston Salem NC Posts: 8	Congrats on the lunker

05-24-07, 04:07 PM	#7
The Bass Master BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waseca, Minnesota Posts: 6	have you tryed to cut a little off your weed guard. and how are you feeling that the fish is on befor you set the hook?

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