Missing fish on Lucky Craft pointer

[snowplow]

I bought my first Lucky Craft pointer the other day. I thought it was awesome but it was a bigger size than I expected. I fished with it and got one hard hit but I missed the fish. I was pretty surprised but just chalked it up to being a big jerkbait with only two hooks. So I ordered the next size down which is what I originally wanted. Much smaller and the normal size you get with two hooks. Fished it and the same thing. In the first 5 minutes got a hard strike and missed the fish.

 

I just couldn't believe it. I cannot remember the last time I missed a fish on a jerkbait. And I'm usually not fishing with these high dollar baits either. 

 

Is there something I'm missing? Do you guys usually upgrade hooks or something? What's the deal?

[king fisher]

You win some you loose some.  Two missed strikes could simply be bad luck.  You may land the next ten fish in a row without changing anything.  Keep fishing it.  If after awhile you notice you loose a large percentage of your strikes, than you may have to change something.

[WRB]

Try your confidence lure the same place and time for comparison. LC pointers have sharp good hooks out of the box.

Lot members here change the front hook 1 size up using Gamakatsu or Owner on jerk baits in general.

Tom

[OkobojiEagle]

More often than not, I see the line jump where it enters the water before I feel the bite of a bass.  Panfish will peck at a bait but a good sized bass will engulf a bait and sit there without the angler feeling a strike.

 

oe

[snowplow]

Maybe that's all it is. Just thought it was so weird that it happened in the same spot with the same bait. 

 

[keagbassr]

Most bass I catch on jerkbaits the rod just loads up. When I get a big "thunk" strike it's almost always a perch or crappie

[snowplow]

Hmm. I agree. These were kinda weird strikes. They hit pretty hard tho. I bet your right. 

[Munkin]

Maybe spawning bass just bumping it because its too close to their bed? I have more of a problem with hooking them in the side than missing fish on LC jerkbaits.

 

Allen

[snowplow]

No beds here and highly highly doubt they're spawning.