Long Distance Hook Sets?

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:50:51 -0400, "alwaysfishking"
sent into the ether:


Was out fishing early this morning. Grass was coming up all over the place
so time to fish some topwaters, and what better than a horny toad.

I wanted to cover a bunch of water and did so casting the heavy toad. A huge
explosion near the pads and a hook set, resulted in no fish. The fish had
the frog but it was way out there and the fish came off.

I was fishing 8lb mono but again distance was the reason I couldn't connect
with this fish. Any advice for hooksets at greater distances, or should I
just not be casting as far? Braid would not have made a difference, or at
least that's what I want to believe

Randy,
What size hook were you using???
I have had some hookup problems with 2/0 Gammie EWG's. Larger appear
to work better on HT's.

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"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now" wrote in message
Randy,
What size hook were you using???


5/0 Lunker City Texposer, it was all me I believe, not the equipment

8# mono on a 5/0? Don't be so hard on yourself bro...

WW

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now" wrote in message

Randy,
What size hook were you using???


5/0 Lunker City Texposer, it was all me I believe, not the equipment

Ahh like I said, it was a matter of convienance, next time I won't be so
lazy, I'll get the clippers and re tie the braid.. when you want to fish
Warren?


"go-bassn" wrote in message
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8# mono on a 5/0? Don't be so hard on yourself bro...

WW

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now" wrote in
message

Randy,
What size hook were you using???


5/0 Lunker City Texposer, it was all me I believe, not the equipment

I just wanna know what the @#$ you were doing with a 5/0 hook tied to 8
lb mono in the first place. That's a mismatch that should never have
been put together from the get go!

Randy I'll have to make a trip up to see ya & fish those Bill Dance ponds
buddy. Is it possible to launch a full-size bass boat in them?

Warren

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Ahh like I said, it was a matter of convienance, next time I won't be so
lazy, I'll get the clippers and re tie the braid.. when you want to fish
Warren?


"go-bassn" wrote in message
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8# mono on a 5/0? Don't be so hard on yourself bro...

WW

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now" wrote in
message

Randy,
What size hook were you using???


5/0 Lunker City Texposer, it was all me I believe, not the equipment