Bass Throwing Baits

[jjnosal@msn.com]

Go back to Tru-turn hooks.4 0  Alway top of mouth hookups. I do not miss many!!

[Josh Smith]

I generally use jigs these days and manage to hook them in the beaks most times.

 

I also sharpen every few casts because of the heavy cover I fish.

 

The jigs I use have deep hooks, and that helps, I think.  As well, I don't suppose the weed guard hurts in keeping the bass pinned.

 

That said, I've lost two bass this year.  One was on a jig and one was on a Spro Live Target Frog.

 

Josh

[tholmes]

Look on the bright side. At least what you're doing is working, you're hooking fish.

 

As others have said, you'll never land 'em all. 

 

Tom

[blckshirt98]

If a fish gets unhooked I give it a subtle nod of "well-played my friend" and say I'll get him next time.

[Cgolf]

Oh I was wrenching on em like it was my job.

Too the soft mouth thing, I have been seeing bass lately where the hook has created a bigger hole during the fight and the bait pretty much falls out when you land them. I think it is a case of you win some and you lose some. Hooked in the right spot, wrenching them in is what works, but get a soft spot in the mouth and you have lost fish because eventually they get the hole big enough and with any slack in the line the fish is gone.

Now we just need a micro camera on the lure to tell how well and where there hooked so we know how to play them lol

[Neil McCauley]

RE: soft mouths. About half the fish I've lost lately have been just upon reaching next to the boat when they surface, thrash, and head throw, the hook rips out and then they're gone. They aren't throwing anything, the hook seems to actually be ripping clear out. Maybe only 1/4th are actually throwing the bait on a jump. The rest get off the hook while underwater if they're out past 20-30 yards and I bet they are ripping the hook clean out as well. So there does seem to be a change in their skin and tissue pliability. Fish are not humans (duh!) their body temp isn't 98.6 year-round, In the spring after ice out hold a caught fish against the back of your hand- it's literally 40-50 degrees. They act like it...terrible fighters...and so does their tissue, it's stiff and rubbery and holds hooks. Landing fish in the early spring is nothing, just about a 100% success rate. But right now hold a fish on a cool morning the same way, the d**n thing is steaming hot, they're 75-80+ degrees. They act like they're on crack when hooked, and their mouths are almost like tissue paper. It is sometimes to the point where when you lose 9/10 that fishing doesn't even seem worthwhile.

[CrazyFluker]

Get an eze-lap pen sharpener. You can take it anywhere. Just run the left, right, and outside of the point down the hook groove once each and it should be sticky sharp.

 

I added it to my cart at Amazon. Thanks!

[poisonokie]

no problem, dude. In my search for the best way to sharpen hooks, that's the best I've found. Just sharpen it toward the point, i.e. Run it down the groove the same direction it penetrates, not the opposite.

[Big Bait Fishing]

you have to reel them in like you do swimbait fishing , get them to the top and reel constantly , surfing them on top of the water not letting them jump or dive down , that's the number one reason for lost fish on swimbaits that have a jig stlye top hook . When i hook into a fish while fishing a Hudd , i don't let the fish do ANYTHING !!!

[CrazyFluker]

no problem, dude. In my search for the best way to sharpen hooks, that's the best I've found. Just sharpen it toward the point, i.e. Run it down the groove the same direction it penetrates, not the opposite.

 

I got the pen and it works like a champ. I just sharpen them every few fish or if I get it caught up and it takes about two seconds to sharpen them back into place. I've even sharpened new hooks out of the box. I've been able to bring hooks back from the dead. It is amazing and for $6.95 I'm about to buy a few more for spares. It's funny, I've sharpened my buddies and he over shoots his casts a lot and even if they land on a dock they rarely come off lol.

 

Thanks again, this is one of those great tricks you just don't know about until someone fills you in.

[poisonokie]

Right on. I just got turned onto it through a YouTube video like a month ago. Glad I could help save somebody some expensive hooks!

[Glenn]

First: keep your hooks sharp:

 

 

 

Second: Do this:

 

 

Good luck!