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Even though I'm not catching a large amount of crappie, I seem to be hooking a very high percentage in the eye socket. That's a great spot to hook a big fish during a tournament, but when fishing for fun and catching just keeper size fish it really bothers me to blind and potentially kill a fish. It doesn't seem to matter whether I am using a size 1 or 1/0 jig hook.
Any suggestions, or is it just the way it goes sometimes.:banghead
Try to set the hook a little slower. That will give the fish a chance to get the hook positioned right in it's mouth.
Or fish like Joe and they won't feel a thing! He rarely hooks them at all!
Joe,
If I wait, Kaz yells, "when you gonna set the hook, Dummy!":Rofl
The one time I went fishin' with Steve he kept yellin' that, too. I just assumed he was talkin' to himself!
Hey,,,:(
sounds to me like your setting the hook just after they spit it out,, what you think is the bite is not,,,,
I guess I should have clarified. I mean into the eye socket from inside the mouth.Quote:
Originally Posted by beagle man
But when I hook them in the eye socket outside the mouth, it is actually before they bite, not after they spit it out. It's a sixth sense kind of thing and it makes Kaz proud when I'm that quick.
hummm jedi master are you,,,, I set the hook so late I catch the fish behind the one that bit...
Drop your hook size down to a #2 maybe :scratchhead ... just sounds like your large hook is getting farther back in the mouth than a smaller hook would. Either that or you're giving them too much time to chew on the jig & setting the hook as they're attempting to swallow it :Doh:
... cp :kewl
I fish size 1 hook with 1/8 oz and 1/0 hook with 3/16-1/4 oz. I too get hooks in the eye socket of smaller fish. I believe it is due to the bigger size hook I'm using.
X2! Same thing happens to me. I have drawn the same conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNip
I don't know if it is hook size as much as the nature of the bite. I don't change hook size but some days I will get repeated deep hook sets while other times every thing is in the upper lip. Yet again some days I get bit but can't hook a thing. Some days they are more aggressive than others. Maybe?