Strike verses catch ratio

[JustJames]

I’m not worry much about it, if I feel strike but not hook up I blame those small bass. If it get hook up but hook come undone I blame the stretchy line or casting too far.???

[Fishingmickey]

  I'll throw my two cents in. Fishing bottom contact baits where I can feel the bass pick up the jig or worm. I have a much higher landing percentage with them , Spinner baits including underspins and vibrating jigs are probably next highest,  Spinnerbaits and chatter baits tend to get tossed more during head shaking jumps. Crankbaits are next and same thing head shaking jumps are when I lose fish. If they are really active choking the crankbait it is a lot less fish lost on the jump.  If they are just swiping at it or just getting a single hook in the side of the face or skin hooked it's a 50/50 chance to lose them especially on the jump.

     Topwaters even the bass miss them sometimes or knock them into the air.  Frogs are probably my lowest percentage bait on getting hooked up well like 60% bite verses land.  If you don't get them coming quick and they don't choke it. They get down in the slop and are gone.  I should fish a frog more often and I believe it is a timing thing. Set too quick and you take it away from them. Too slow and they bury in the slop and get gone.  Just right, double hook in the top of the mouth and they are yours!

  So in summation to answer your question as to landing percentage.... It varies a lot.  It's fishing!

FM

 

[RDB]

20 minutes ago, Fishingmickey said:

  I'll throw my two cents in. Fishing bottom contact baits where I can feel the bass pick up the jig or worm. I have a much higher landing percentage with them , Spinner baits including underspins and vibrating jigs are probably next highest,  Spinnerbaits and chatter baits tend to get tossed more during head shaking jumps. Crankbaits are next and same thing head shaking jumps are when I lose fish. If they are really active choking the crankbait it is a lot less fish lost on the jump.  If they are just swiping at it or just getting a single hook in the side of the face or skin hooked it's a 50/50 chance to lose them especially on the jump.

     Topwaters even the bass miss them sometimes or knock them into the air.  Frogs are probably my lowest percentage bait on getting hooked up well like 60% bite verses land.  If you don't get them coming quick and they don't choke it. They get down in the slop and are gone.  I should fish a frog more often and I believe it is a timing thing. Set too quick and you take it away from them. Too slow and they bury in the slop and get gone.  Just right, double hook in the top of the mouth and they are yours!

  So in summation to answer your question as to landing percentage.... It varies a lot.  It's fishing!

FM

 

Makes sense…your highest groups were single hooks and lowest were treble hooks which is pretty normal.  That is why people often use softer rods for trebles…they can come unbuttoned easier.  Frogs are usually going to have a lower and more inconsistent hook up rate because of where and how they are typically fished.

[Mike L]

3 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

It's been one of the great mysteries of fishing.  How many bites am I getting that I never feel?   There have been some underwater videos published that show it happening to some very experienced anglers.   

It happens to all of us regardless of experience or equipment. 
 

If we knew how many bass sucked it in and blew it out and never felt a thing…..

Never mind I don’t want to know. 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike