Tug therapy!!!

After a stressfull day at the office, I had to stop and relax at a local pond (where my secret condo's are) on the way home to relax and watch a cork bounce in the water and test my new jig i tied the night before only had 20 mins before dark. I caught this stud and missed his grandpaw!!! His grandpaw, hit and made my cork pop up and lay flat, I reeled down to catch up since i could see him coming at me and i set hook and then seen the jig come out his big old mouth and then he turned sideways and i could see his size, I think i missed my 3lbd. der..... i will be back old wise one!!! LOL

So is better to set hook when cork lays flat of wait for it to go under after laying flat?

This was in 4ft of water fish about 16" down.

Nice fish and jig.

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I keep a tight line and set it as soon as you see the float tip on most cases or you’ll miss em!

Nice catch, nice jig, nice rod!


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I like that color jig.


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Good job

If a cork moves funny, set the hook.


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Originally Posted by Micropterus salmoides

If a cork moves funny, set the hook.


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X2! I do real well on that color combo!


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10-4, that’s how I normal do it cause “Hooks sets are free”. Just, just upset I missed a big one!!!LOL

Pretty jig


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Appreciate you sharing your day with the rest of us. Don't be too hard on yourself brother... cause there's not a one of us on this board who hasn't kicked ourselves in the butt many times with all manner of could've, would've, ought've, should've scenarios that I believe will never end as long as you continue to love fishing. If it wasn't for all of these many challenges and even mishaps... it would be so simple everyone would have it mastered.

Thanks and I agree... I try and review everyday at the end of the day to see what was done and how i can change things to make them better. After reviewing the instant replay in my head several times, i have come up with a couple different ways: Set hook as soon as the cork laid flat, which i did after picking up slack line... or due to i saw the fish swimming at me and the cork was moving at me, i could have used the bull whip method of setting hook, which should have caused the jig to pop upwards or like for speck trout with top water baits, wait for the fish to turn and i feel him and then set hook. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

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Originally Posted by Special K

Appreciate you sharing your day with the rest of us. Don't be too hard on yourself brother... cause there's not a one of us on this board who hasn't kicked ourselves in the butt many times with all manner of could've, would've, ought've, should've scenarios that I believe will never end as long as you continue to love fishing. If it wasn't for all of these many challenges and even mishaps... it would be so simple everyone would have it mastered.

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