Question About Hooksets

[SirSnookalot]

Setting the hook is about being in touch with your reflexes. With minimal fishing experience it becomes second nature and nothing even to really think about.

[unionman]

I am not a fan of off set J bend hooks for T-rigs, however you are using a premium hook and large enough for most worms. When you miss the hook set Iis the worm pulled down into the hook gap(bend)?

This is a common problem with T-rigged worms. There some gadgets to help prevent the worm from lodging down the hook shank, the easiest is to avoid inserting the hook point deeper than the J bend; about 3/16" to 1/4", about the depth of the hook barb, you want the hook eye flush with the worm nose. The next step is inserting the hook point/bend is the right spot; hold the hook nest to the worm to see where the point needs to be inserted, it's where the hook bend ts lined up with the bottom of the worm. Push the hook point completely through the worm, straighten the worm outso the hook point lays on top of the worm, exposed.. The worm should be straight, the hook eye flush with the worm head. To cover the hook point with the worm soft plastic; pull the hook bend back about 1/8", pinch the worm body to create a bulge nd slide the hook point under the skin of the worm, so the point tip is covered.. This is called skin hooking and take fr Miles's pressure to hook set a skin hooked worm.

Straight shank worm hooks have small barbs to hold the worm head onto the hook shank nd you rig nd skin hook the straight shnk hook the same as the off-set hook. The big difference is in the angle of the hook point; the straight shank point is angled up, not parallel to the worm body, easier to get good hook sets.

10 lb line with 4/0 heavy wire worm hook like Gamakatsu EWG iMay be a little light, unless you are fishing gin cler water. You could go up to 12 lb, better knot strength.

I assume you are using a sliding sinker (classic T-rig)? What size is the weight? 3/16 oz? The weight size should be heavy enough so you can feel the worm on the bottom, not any heavier.

If give a bass enough slack line so the fish doesn't feel any line pressure, the bass will swallow the worm most of the time. If the bass detects line pressure or rod tip pressure it may spit out the worm, depending on how aggressive the bass is at the time it strikes.. With a pegged sliding sinker you must hook set quickly, with a sliding T-rig sinker you have time to drop the rod tip and point it at the bass, reel in most of the slck line, then snap set, or continue to reel in slack until you feel slight pressure and sweep set; both techniques work. There is no reason to cross their eyes hook set with a premium sharp hook, all you do is risk breaking off a big bass.

When bass move off with your worm, it's because there are other bass close by or the bass is in water too shallow for it's comfort and the bass will usually move straight out into deeper water if it's a big bass. Regardless, reel quickly and set the hook firmly.

Tom

Nice post but I think you need to look into spell check or read your post's before submitting them...

[WRB]

Nice post but I think you need to look into spell check or read your post's before submitting them...

You are right. Since my surgery and use the iPad and it's a learning curve for me and need to figure out the keyboard, spell check and grammar corrections that Apple does that I am not familiar with.

We started a new thread on T- rigged worm hooks that may be of interest, also with a lot of errors!

Tom

[unionman]

:-)