09-25-2013, 01:34 AM
Howdy all,
Got a question. Im not a die hard bass fisherman. Im more opportunistic. If I know there are bass I will target them so I dont really have a dedicated bass set up.
Anyways I was out this weekend at a local reservoir for the first time just checkin out what was in it. I started hooking into some smaller large mouths. They were all in the 8-12" range. Nothing worth taking pictures off but still fun to catch. My problem was that for ever one that I was able to land I had 2 or 3 get away. When they would hit my spinner (Blue Fox Vibrax) I would set the hook good and hard, harder than I would with a trout and while some I thought were hooked they still seemed to get off.
Im just trying to figure out why this could be, I sometimes have this issue on other waters but generally speaking the only bass I catch consistantly are smallies.
My rod is just an Ugly Stik Lite 7' Medium action (8-15lb) It is also a spinning rod if that would change anything.
Is it my rods lack of backbone? Hook Sharpness? Me not setting the hook hard enough.
Im curious because I am really starting to enjoy bass fishing and if its the rod I would like to upgrade ASAP.
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Got a question. Im not a die hard bass fisherman. Im more opportunistic. If I know there are bass I will target them so I dont really have a dedicated bass set up.
Anyways I was out this weekend at a local reservoir for the first time just checkin out what was in it. I started hooking into some smaller large mouths. They were all in the 8-12" range. Nothing worth taking pictures off but still fun to catch. My problem was that for ever one that I was able to land I had 2 or 3 get away. When they would hit my spinner (Blue Fox Vibrax) I would set the hook good and hard, harder than I would with a trout and while some I thought were hooked they still seemed to get off.
Im just trying to figure out why this could be, I sometimes have this issue on other waters but generally speaking the only bass I catch consistantly are smallies.
My rod is just an Ugly Stik Lite 7' Medium action (8-15lb) It is also a spinning rod if that would change anything.
Is it my rods lack of backbone? Hook Sharpness? Me not setting the hook hard enough.
Im curious because I am really starting to enjoy bass fishing and if its the rod I would like to upgrade ASAP.
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