Loosing fish on Zara Spook Juniors ??

[UYKY]

1.split rings on the trebles
2.set hook with initial strike and then hit em again, especially when they come up
3.no slack in line
4.sometimes they are just gonna come off esp if not inhaling it.
5.i also try to keep em down and have found this helps

good luck
it also kills me to lose a fish that "bites"

[mhall]

1.split rings on the trebles
2.set hook with initial strike and then hit em again, especially when they come up
3.no slack in line
4.sometimes they are just gonna come off esp if not inhaling it.
5.i also try to keep em down and have found this helps

good luck
it also kills me to lose a fish that "bites"

You know you are the second person that has told me to put split rings on the trebles, I'm gonna try this on a couple. This is weird to but it seems on my handmade ''apb'' walkers I don't loose alot of fish, nor do I on the Sammies?????

[F16ENGMGR]

With split rings you may notice that the Spooks legs (hooks) will get tangled together occassionally. I bought a Snoopy rod with a Zebco 202 and hit the button and bow to em. "Throw this hook you fools!" Guess what? They still do. Loose drag, limber rod, hold it down... The fish don't read the same books we do. Ha !!!!

[UYKY]

this is a MUST if you have not done it. it really helps keep them from getting leverage and throwing the lure. i bet your boated fish percentage increases from this alone.

[DJ_Callahan_27]

Mhall, sounds like your getting lots of good advice. The only thing that I can ad to this is to wait until you feel the wieght on your line to set the hook. I know, much easier said than done. When the smallies are coming out of the water with it like that I like to reel down on the fish and keep pressure on it and as soon as you feel it pulling back once it's back in the water then set the hook. If they don't get air time reel down on the fish untill your rod loads up and then set the hook. Good luck it's hard to get in the habbit of waiting, and I must admit I have found myself swinging for the fences as soon as a fish hits a topwater but what can I say it gets the blood a pumping. Hope this helps, good luck and hope you caught a wall hanger.