I agree somewhat with the overconfidence although I have also found that after playing a fish for a while will also enlarge the hole in which the hook is in the fish. I have noticed a lot of anglers fishing with me will get the fish to the boat and give it slack at some point and that is the moment the fish lets go. All that fish needs is 1/2 a second to throw a crankbait or any bait for that matter. I keep tension on the line 100% of the time until the fish is in my hand. It is tough to do and most do not realize that split second they let slack back to a fish but it happens. I do like to upgrade the back hooks of my cranks as well. That does help



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