Switching Presentations

[Chaz Hickcox]

Just out of curiosity, I'm wondering what presentations everyone finds the hardest to switch between. This comes to mind because I have been flippin and pitchin A LOT lately, but this morning I was bustin bass on frogs and Rage Toads & Shads. I lost a lot of fish today because of the muscle memory of wailing on the fish as soon as I feel/see a strike like you do when you're pitchin.  I finally had to force myself to actually look at the floating house and find the door before allowing myself to set the hook.  It was quite funny.  I had a nine fish morning, but It should have been a 20 fish morning if I wasn't being retarded. Anyone else have this sort of issue, if so with what presentations?

[endless]

For me seems like I can't get a hit on c-rig but if go weightless or a small bullet weight, they seem to bite.

[Big-O]

I think we all run into that situation at times and find ourselves too fast or too slow on hooksets and especially with the presentations you mentioned. Allowing the fish to load up on a topwater Toad or Shad while reeling up the slack before the hook set is definitely the way to go.

Another switching problem happens for many is when fishing crankbaits and changing to a weighted hook swimbait. With the crank, setting  the hook too hard can rip the the smaller trebles out of the fish immediately where on a swimbait a firmer hook set is essential. Thus the need for different rods with each to minimize the mistakes 

Big O

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