Soft Plastic Hooksets

[Cgolf]

I am first and foremost a river fisherman, so my Hooksets are quick, like as soon as I feel a take. This is because if I don't the current will sweep the bait out of the fishes mouth. When I lake fish I do the same.

On the lake I fish tubes, grubs, finesse worms and 6 to 7" ribbon worms so nothing too huge

I have read that when worm fishing, you are supposed to give them some slack after a take, wait a moment, then cross their eyes. Is this the case,or is what I do ok?

I don't feel I am missing many fish with my technique, should I stick with it, or change it up?

Also if you let the fish chew on it a bit, don't you get a lot of deep hooked fish?

If this is in the wrong board, please move it.

[Rich in Co]

I think you are on the correct path. once i feel the bite I just reel down pick up the slack if any and and lay the wood to them

[Ozark_Basser]

If you aren't missing fish, why change? I like to let them take it on semi slack line then set immediately. Reeling in the slack first though. So pretty much I just set the hook as quick as possible. Sometimes I'll make sure they have it first if I get tired of plastics getting ripped in half etc. But if I'm taking the day seriously, I'll set immediately.

[corn-on-the-rob]

I am in the boat as many others, as soon as I detect I am setting ASAP. Fish don't have hands, the longer you wait, the longer they have to reject it.

 

That being said, there are some days where a delayed hook-set is necessary, but that is only if I have determined a quick set is not working, which is rare.

[Darren.]

I am first and foremost a river fisherman, so my Hooksets are quick, like as soon as I feel a take. This is because if I don't the current will sweep the bait out of the fishes mouth. When I lake fish I do the same.

On the lake I fish tubes, grubs, finesse worms and 6 to 7" ribbon worms so nothing too huge

I have read that when worm fishing, you are supposed to give them some slack after a take, wait a moment, then cross their eyes. Is this the case,or is what I do ok?

I don't feel I am missing many fish with my technique, should I stick with it, or change it up?

Also if you let the fish chew on it a bit, don't you get a lot of deep hooked fish?

If this is in the wrong board, please move it.

 

I go by the old feel the tap, count to 3 and set

the hook.

 

Sometimes that's a quick three, other times it's

a "hmm, I lost count" three.

 

Either way, when I'm fishing soft plastics I reel 

down and lift, and in some cases heft the hook

with a decent set, but only if I'm using heavy 

gauge hooks.

[papajoe222]

A bass will take a bait head first the majority of the time, so there really isn't a need to wait after you feel, or see the bite.  I stull use a cross their eyes hook set with worms, but that's more a conditioned response than a necessity.