12-26-2018, 05:52 PM
After losing a trout a lot I switched to a larger hook for the jaw jacker. Started going with anywhere from a size 8 to a size 2 with half a night crawler threaded on with a bait needle and dramatically increased the number of hookups that stay hooked until I can get to it. It looks like they just have an easier time of getting unhooked from the little jigs. The bigger hook is less likely to get ripped out on the hookset, which is good because I set my jawjackers with a pretty aggressive bend on the pole.
Tell you what though, sightfishing on Fish Lake changed the way I think about what's going on under the ice. It's amazing how often trout will swim up to your offering, get within a few inches and then turn around hard and jostle the bait and trip the jawjacker if it's set very light and how often perch trip it by biting the swivel.
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Tell you what though, sightfishing on Fish Lake changed the way I think about what's going on under the ice. It's amazing how often trout will swim up to your offering, get within a few inches and then turn around hard and jostle the bait and trip the jawjacker if it's set very light and how often perch trip it by biting the swivel.
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