Setting the hook � worm fishing 2025
Robert B reply :
I learned years ago when worm fishing (t-rig) to let the fish take the bait then reel down the slack and set the hook.
Now days I've read a lot about setting the hook from a semi-slack line.
Once you feel the tap tap lower the rod tip, then quickly jerk the tip upwards. This is supposed to drive the hook into the jawbone better than the reel down and pull way.
My question is if you only feel the initial tap tap how can you be sure the fish still has the bait? At least my way I can see the fish swim off with the bait before I set the hook.
Knowing that both ways works which method do you all prefer and why?
Thanks,
Robert
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
Always take up the slack first and then STICK 'EM like this
skillet reply :
IMHO reel down takeing up the slack and then SET hook. Don't want to give them the chance to spit bait out or swallow it...
As Ever,
skillet
RobbyZ5001 reply :
QuotePosted by: Low_Budget_Hookers Posted on: Today at 10:55amAlways take up the slack first and then STICK 'EM like this
"thats alright I would have missed the bass! hrmmmmmmm"
If I make noises when I set the hook will it improve my chances?
Masshole Mike reply :
QuoteIMHO reel down takeing up the slack and then SET hook. Don't want to give them the chance to spit bait out or swallow it...As Ever,
skillet
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Cigarlover 1 reply :
I don't ever set the hook the moment I feel a hit when worm fishing. I had a bad habit of that when I first started LM fishing and I missed a lot of hook ups that way. I always give a few seconds for the fish to take the worm then do as LBH says.
Garnet reply :
Having a soft enough tip rod to do that slight raise to check for a fish then slam hard on LBH vid. is my approach.
Garnet
Catt reply :
This is the way Shaw Grigsby put it to me, its call the three tap theory.
The first tap the bass has inhaled your bait
The second tap the bass has exhaled your bait
The third tap I'm tapping you on the shoulder asking you why you didn't set hook!
Drop the rod, reel the slack, & set the hook 
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
I use braid mostly and a lot of times have found its better to set instantly and ask questions later.If my line is too tight I have found that the fish feel me then spit.The exception to this is when its really windy.We all know how much slack the wind can blow in a small dia braided line. GRRRR!!
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
QuoteThis is the way Shaw Grigsby put it to me, its call the three tap theory.The first tap the bass has inhaled your bait
The second tap the bass has exhaled your bait
The third tap I'm tapping you on the shoulder asking you why you didn't set hook!
Drop the rod, reel the slack, & set the hook
I always like that one ;D
Tin reply :
Trust LBH's adivce, he is really good at drilling those stumps. ;D
David P reply :
Man, LBH what action/power is that rod you were fishing with in the video. Every fish you hooked I thought you had a monster!
Catt reply :
It is often said Bass don't have hands
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
QuoteMan, LBH what action/power is that rod you were fishing with in the video. Every fish you hooked I thought you had a monster!
Med, MH, and H ;D
Pond Hopper reply :
QuoteQuoteMan, LBH what action/power is that rod you were fishing with in the video. Every fish you hooked I thought you had a monster!Med, MH, and H ;D
Did I see a baitcaster in that video??? :
ABC123 reply :
QuoteThis is the way Shaw Grigsby put it to me, its call the three tap theory.The first tap the bass has inhaled your bait
The second tap the bass has exhaled your bait
The third tap I'm tapping you on the shoulder asking you why you didn't set hook!
Drop the rod, reel the slack, & set the hook
Ha, kind of along the lines of my phylosophy...Bass don't chew their food!
SimonSays reply :
Hey LBH my girlfriend did the same thing on her first hookset as you did in the beginning of the vid...I told her to just pull back as hard as she could if she felt the taps....we almost fell off the boat, lol, I watched the whole thing happen
SimonSays reply :
for some reason I get a kick out of watching people set hooks...i don't know why...
dale reply :
IMO hook sets are free ....when in doubt set the hook
MN Basser reply :
Very good instruction LBH. I like watchin' the rod tap, then SLAM!
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
Whats the cure for those few times when you go to twitch your worm and you dont feel it only to then realize the fish is streaking 100 MPH towards the boat,then you come up curled and never knowing how big it could have been? MAN I HATE THAT
32251 reply :
Sometimes I like to keep my rod tip up just a bit so there will be a curve of slack down to the water. The bite this way is more like a "tug". Then I drop my rod tip and watch the line for movement and reel in slack. You can see what the fish is doing. When the line starts to move off then I strike. If you wait longer, he will probably be hooked close to the gullet.
I tended to lose more fish with the quick strike approach all the time.
If the bite is more aggresive that day as is evidenced by the fish running with the worm immediately then I will quick strike, but if he picks up the worm and moves slowly then I will wait just a little bit before striking.
More than one way to skin a cat.
Tin reply :
QuoteWhats the cure for those few times when you go to twitch your worm and you dont feel it only to then realize the fish is streaking 100 MPH towards the boat,then you come up curled and never knowing how big it could have been? MAN I HATE THAT
High speed reel and a longer rod.
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
Aye,true,but sometimes it is unavoidable,especially if the wind is howling.Just burns me up when it happens alot on some days LOL
32251 reply :
I have learned that when I cannot feel the worm to strike! I quit wondering about that after I learned that the fish is coming towards you!! Night fishing will cure you of that.
Gatorbassman reply :
QuoteWhats the cure for those few times when you go to twitch your worm and you dont feel it only to then realize the fish is streaking 100 MPH towards the boat,then you come up curled and never knowing how big it could have been? MAN I HATE THAT
It's a good thing. This is the fish telling you that there are other fish there. They are competing for food so they grab it and run to deep water to keep it away from the others.
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