Setting the hook with plastics

[Embrey]

Originally Posted by gonefishin3

Embry its how long that fish is chewing on that worm the first inital bite I let slack and wait for a long time I. Thought it was the oddest thing...

if you dont hook that fish in the first 10 seconds,waiting any longer is nuts

[gonefishin3]

Okay 10 sec is a little short...

[Old Hooker]

Originally Posted by bassboogieman

If I feel a pickup, I take up any slack and if I feel weight - set the hook.

There you go.

[Embrey]

Originally Posted by gonefishin3

Okay 10 sec is a little short...

how do figure? i dont go that long. i might go 4 seconds on a slow day. you all have to be gut hooking everything you catch

[cody77]

Originally Posted by walkeraviator

Yeah... I wait just about as long as it takes to lower my rod tip reel out teh slack, say some witty catch phrase like"uh oh" or " there he is" and yank... i have found that if you wait too long, you hook em in the gullet. I would rather miss a few fish than kill a few fish that get hooked that deep...

Same here.

[BassFeverJohn]

Originally Posted by gonefishin3

Just depends how big your plastics is and how long it will take them to chew it up... some of my fish lately ive been waiting 1-2 min each fish and im not hooking them deep... And i know you guys are saying what !!! yep timed it 1.20 min lol

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[lilmule]

If I feelem I set the hook,their is however a difference in say a hookset with a trig and one with a crig-sideweep.
Just as theirs a difference between a horney toad bite and a floating frog bite the toad one treats like a buzzbait,the floater one points the rod at the commode flush reels up slack then side sweeps all taking a 1,2 3 count.One trick for the horney toad if one boils and missed just kill the bait they will pick it up just as they would a trig worm off the bottom quite often.