02-26-2012, 03:44 AM
Cool stuff,hey I'd hate for you to loose one.I have really good luck now when hooking the baitfish near the tail "top or bottom of spine".I lost something huge in my lake near the middle 55' deep on bottom.I've been using big baits for sometime now.On this day I hooked the baitfish by the nose.To my amazement something ran with it,first a thump thump,then steady swimming with my bait.I set the hook after awhile with a 4000 Okuma baitrunner on a stiff rod using 30lb braid.I pulled it out its mouth,baitfish was chewed up from nose to tail.I notice sometimes hooked at the nose the hook turns and digs into the side of the baitfish mouth,does that happend sometimes with circle hooks.....[inline "a big baitfish..JPG"]I got this bass to eat my batfish but lost it,once again I hooked it through the nose,but not no more,only if trolling,but usually just set it and forget it,sometimes I give them a few seconds before setting the hook.I once speared a 3lb cat at night and it had a 1lb bass in its belly,also once found a cat washed up in the 15b range she had choked on a 1 1/2lb spotted tilapia,about 10".I troll large lures and use 10" power worms for bass[
]Good luck,listen,when you cast your bait,just set it and forget it,the less you think about it the better. Remember, the bite normall comes when you least expect it ,or when not ready.I once walked away from my rod and left it with my sister,I get back and something burst the line on her
" I left it in a rod holder"
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