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Not losing Fish with right Gear and Technique

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The thought that made me think of starting this interactive group was losing fish and why it happens . Many reasons I suppose but sometimes the gear itself doesn''t match up to the task and blaming yourself isn't always fair .

Also lengthy casts are great to cover water but perhaps harder to get a good hookset with that much line out to the fish ,especially with stretch in mono which I use . So figuring a max distance for casting that still is a safe distance from spooking fish but a better more reasonable distance to increase solid hook sets is something to consider .

However my wife's explanation as to why people lose fish is;"because their stupid" Ha ha , so lets discuss this and be less stupid friends!

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Latest Activity: Jul 21, 2023

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Preventing Pickerel exit Strategy 6 Replies

The problem is Pickerel like thin profile 2-3"swim baits a LOT and bite through the thin monos and co-polymers in their cutoff exit strategy. Landing the hardest fish to land that I encounter…Continue

Started by John Sheehan. Last reply by John Sheehan Aug 12, 2022.

Gear Ratios...work in progress 4 Replies

Here is a list of my Spinning and Bait casting reels with their gear ratios . I am suspecting lost fish isn't always my fault , well yeah it is , but maybe because I hooked them with the wrong…Continue

Started by John Sheehan. Last reply by John Sheehan May 30, 2016.

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Comment by carl hendrix on August 3, 2016 at 6:33pm: HAHAHAHA JOHN;; NOW THATS TREE FISHING !! FABULOUS PIX BUDDY !

Comment by John Sheehan on August 3, 2016 at 10:39am: Didn't lose this one though Haha!

Comment by John Sheehan on August 3, 2016 at 10:15am: Got a few fish on the Mepps #2 Spinner but more bumps than catches .I assume this is a territorial behavior and they are not so much interested in eating the bait as much as to intimidate it away from their feeding zone .I suspect they are keyed in on live bait and I am thinking I should get some fatheads and Herring or shiners and try them out again .Haven't used them yet this year .

Comment by John Sheehan on June 27, 2016 at 9:57am: Thanks Slip , like your post!

Comment by Slip Sinker on June 27, 2016 at 8:47am: while fishing the other day i noticed i was missing quite a few fish on the hookset with some of the tiny jigs where the eye of the hook is in line with the point of the hook and was reminded to slightly bend the shank offset kirbied or reversed... i found by doing so it increases my hookset ratio significantly and less fish pulling off before reaching the boat.

Comment by John Sheehan on June 20, 2016 at 11:42am

Comment by John Sheehan on June 20, 2016 at 11:39am: Lost a trout at my feet by trying to lift it from the water .Caught two afterwards and learned my lesson ,worked them downstream and slid them into a shoreline pocket more conducive .

Comment by John Sheehan on June 16, 2016 at 10:01am: A nice fish lost today .A 2# Bass I got a good look at before the hook pulled out of his throat .I saw the lure entirely inside his bucket mouth but these small hooks didn't hold .They are sharp hooks but thems the breaks . The fish came off when I turned him away from some snags but by doing so I might have helped him get off . http://bigbluegill.com/photo/super-teeny-wee-r