Well for muskies I would suggest Pierce Quad hooks with built-in spin eye allowing the hook to rotate without giving the fish leverage against you & a heavy bait. @AlabamaSpothunter suggestion for replacement hooks is excellent advice & I use Zo wire hooks on all my jerk baits & cranks. As to the problem of jumping fish burying the rod tip into the water helps keep them from jumping but not always. When I can't stop the jump I try to forcibly yank the fish down so it can't get enough momentum to get it's head out of the water & shake side to side. If you get a good hookset you will win the battle most of the time.
I have had smallies pull a rear treble out of the split ring several times mangling the split ring in the process. One time the whole hook & split ring were gone. This happened on jerk baits. The split rings & hooks on most SPY baits are rather small.
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I hope it works out for him. Sounds like he is getting some help & just needs a little more. Farm life can be extremely hard.
I'm 5'-8" and all my jerkbait rods are 7' or longer. The rod tip doesn't have to be slapping the water to make a jerk bait effective. Just use a downward stroke or side stroke.
I looked at the whole lineup & talked to the rep while at I-Cast this summer. I thought the 7'1" spinning stick MHF was a great rod for the price. It felt light & balanced with enough give to make a good treble hook bait rod as well as single hook applications. The weight range was versatile for an all purpose rod.
Technically you would be in violation with a 5 fish limit because the conservation license only allows two bass in your possession unless there is a special exemption for tournaments.
GPS speed is the answer. Most of the time you want to be going 1.8-2.2 mph for bass & walleye during normal water temperature periods. Cold water necessitates slowing down. You can go twice as fast for musky.
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Smallies definitely fight harder than a largemouth and for a longer duration. People say that river fish fight harder than lake fish but I take exception with that statement. River current contributes to the fish fight because the fish usually uses it to it's advantage. But most river fish are long & lean in frame while the great lakes smallies have a massive frame with muscle mass just behind their heads & their chins extending the whole way back to their tails.
My experiences with largemouth caught in Mexico make them much tougher than their US cousins almost like our smallies.
Welcome to the club. Florida gives residents a lifetime license for both fishing & hunting at the age of 65. Finally a little perk for all those years of financial support.
I understand your frustration but it all boils down to he is still your father. As people age they they become less flexible in their thinking based on their knowledge & experiences. That's normal. When you come to an impasse with him you just have to swallow your pride & let it pass. It will make more sense to you when he is gone. I didn't always agree with my father but I always respected him & yielded when necessary.
I learned a long time ago to respect the potential problem. Simply use a boga grip to take them out of the net & hold them while removing the trebles with pliers. If it's a good one you can grab a quick weight too.
I picked up one to try and subsequently have about six of them. They are more of a slash bait to me than a typical jerkbait. They have a very wide turn to them & are best worked very fast or violently. I would not classify them as a subtle bait. I also think they work better as water temps are warming rather than early when the water is still cold.
As a side note pike will not leave them alone.
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