| That's probably as good as you can get.
For some time in the Largemouth Bass wizardry, there was a theory
that while worm fishing you should "let the fish take the worm and
RUN with it for a yard or so before you set the hook!" This resulted in
many hooked earlobes and some trees becoming well tagged, because in
the majority of cases, by the time you got ready to set the hook, your
Bass had figured out that something wasn't right here with this plastic
worm, and had spit it out....so when you layed into what USED to be a
nice fish, you'd hit yourself in the forehead with your lure or catch a
nostril, earlobe or a tree branch---and sometimes your fishing partner,
who usually didn't get too thrilled about getting a wet worm and sinker
in the side of the head.
Now they say.."If you see it twitch, or feel it in the rod, WHACK
'EM!! He's got it in hi mouth by this time!!"
JOhn Mc
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| Instant hookset with a sluggo or grass frog is not advised. The sluggo
especially the 6" variant is very thick. I found instant hookset
results in a sluggo whipping past your head at warp factor 6. Instead
I count to three and then using the wrist give it a good snap. Also
with the grass frog, I wait until I feel the frog go under water then
set. These two baits require you wait till you feel the weight of the
fish on the lure before you set.
As far as a rubber worm, I found that the first soft tap I feel, I
immediately lower the rod tip. I learned that when the bass first
takes the bait any resistance at all and they spit it out hence
dropping the rod tip. But the second tap and its set time, I notice I
tend to have more hookups than my regular partners who use the
lightning hookset technique.
Brian
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