"Olebiker" wrote in message SNIP

I was a little bit concerned that I would have trouble hooking the
fish since the hooks I had were only 2/0, but my hook-up ratio was
good. My only problem was that I was constantly getting the bait hung
up in the notch of the lily pad. Anyone have any thoughts on how to
handle that?


When I'm fishing frogs in the pads, I shorten up my casts quite a bit and
fish with the rod tip high. This keeps the nose of the lure up and helps
reduce the hang-ups. Another thing you can do is with your rod top, steer
the lure away from the notches.

But it is the nature of the beast when fishing pads.
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