Fish comes loose in air , again & again

A longer rod would allow you to exert more control, as would heavier line.
A softer tip would keep things under tension better.


"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
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Last week I lost two fair sized fish because I couldn't stop them from
going
airborne. I try to keep my rod tip down and keep the line tight but this
has been a reoccurring problem for me.This year alone I guess I've lost
maybe a dozen or so fish. At the first of the year I blamed it on poor
hooksets so I improved my hook set technique .[taking time to reel in
slack
before setting the hook etc]I guess every one looses fish that jump every
once in a while but it happens a lot with me .As always, I'm open to any
tips or suggestions
thanks for your time
Ken Blevins

I'm going to take the opposite approach. Unless I'm in a tournament or
something, I never try to thwort a fish's leap. Heck, that's why I fish for
bass rather than walleyes. I like their tendency to go airborne!

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

I'm going to take the opposite approach. Unless I'm in a tournament or
something, I never try to thwort a fish's leap. Heck, that's why I fish for
bass rather than walleyes. I like their tendency to go airborne!

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Same with me: jumping fish is a big part of the fun, so I sure won't stop
him. Softer Rods and keeping tension on the line reduce the hook throwing,
but I will let them jump.

Same with me: jumping fish is a big part of the fun, so I sure won't stop
him. Softer Rods and keeping tension on the line reduce the hook throwing,
but I will let them jump.

I like them jumping too!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Tilman Fliegel" wrote in message
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Same with me: jumping fish is a big part of the fun, so I sure won't stop
him. Softer Rods and keeping tension on the line reduce the hook throwing,
but I will let them jump.

I like them jumping too!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Tilman Fliegel" wrote in message
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Same with me: jumping fish is a big part of the fun, so I sure won't stop
him. Softer Rods and keeping tension on the line reduce the hook throwing,
but I will let them jump.

I like them jumping too!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Tilman Fliegel" wrote in message
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Same with me: jumping fish is a big part of the fun, so I sure won't stop
him. Softer Rods and keeping tension on the line reduce the hook throwing,
but I will let them jump.

I think Ken will too, one day!
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Steve
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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I like them jumping too!!!!!!!!!!!!



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I think Ken will too, one day!
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Steve
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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I like them jumping too!!!!!!!!!!!!



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