Does anyone ever “double set” the hook

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

I thought this   was something most everyone did when the first attempt is weak . I guess in this day of super sharp hooks its not as common as it once was .

 

42 minutes ago, the reel ess said:

Super sharp hooks and braided line have greatly improved my hooksets.

That's the reason I only use Trokar's for punching. 

 

If I stick 'em, they stay stuck. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Glaucus]

I don't really double set, but I do dig it in more, if that makes sense. Not a true hookset after the initial, but a hard tug.

[Ksam1234]

6 hours ago, Active_Outdoors said:

Also, 4 and 5lb smallmouth on the Great Lakes have extremely hard jawbones , and there are times, I just know from experience when the hook point didn't penetrate into the fishes jawbone far enough. So in deep water when the fish is way under the surface, there is constant pressure the fish is putting on the line already, so the half set I'm referring to is really more of an extended pull of the Rod blank and Rod handle back towards your body, not actually a 2nd full sweeping of the Rod tip. In this instance there is no discernible slack being put back into the line and the goal is to insure the hook point has properly set. I never do this when fishing Largemouth and I never do this when fishing less then 15-20 feet of water and I never do this when fishing braided line. Also, I believe it's actually called a Pump set, because the Rod is already under load. But yes it does work, but I wouldn't use this method for spinnerbaits or treble hook lures....only occasionally with deep water tubes and sometimes Carolina rigs.

YEah that’s exactly what I meant and should have clarified, I don’t ever let slack back in I just sometimes give it that extra “pump” when the rod already has a load on it. I don’t ever release that tension 

[Deleted account]

Yes, but not often when bass fishing, usually when I don't get a good hookest on the first go. In the salt, it's standard fare for some types of fish and fishing.

[fishwizzard]

I double-set all the time when fishing plastics.  A lot of my early bass fishing was for river smallies while wading upstream.  It seems like 3/4 of the time they would grab my ned rig and run right down stream at me, so my inital hooksets were often pretty poor, so I got into the habit of giving a second set once I had pressure on the fish. 

[scaleface]

7 minutes ago, fishwizzard said:

seems like 3/4 of the time they would grab my ned rig and run right down stream at me, so my inital hooksets were often pretty poor,

Exactly . When I set the hook and there is nothing there I'm setting it again as soon as I'm in position to do so .. 

[Bankbeater]

If the water is clear and I see the bass coming up to jump I will set the hook again.  Most of the time that will stop the bass from jumping.

[BassNJake]

I will do the double hookset now and then especially when I'm fishing a buzz toad.

 

Kinda remember watching Al Lindner doing it quite a bit too

[KYBassin']

With bass, no. Now if I’m musky fishing, yes. Unless they drill it next to the boat...then I just hold on.