anyone ever hit the release button when trying to set the hook or is it just me!

[troutmaster]

I lost a nice largemouth today.when I went to set the hook at the top of my hookset put my right hand on the handle of the rod.with my left I cradle the reel then the fat part of mylower thumb trips the release and the slingshot effect causes it to get of the hook not to mention birdnest my reel

[floatman]

my fishing goes back a long way, when thumb bars first came out they stick out from the reel more then now, it happened to me more than I would like to admit. ..... :-)

Gary

[troutmaster]

I've been in a funk lately the last two good fish I've hooked I've lost 1 I lost six inches from my hand wading in the creek gotta break the trend!

[roughscott]

Try this on for size , ive hit my cigarette butt buring the line into on hook sets more than once .

[kygorski]

When I down line for stripes I use a penn reels they have a lever you must engage to set the hook,twice I have had friends just rear back and set the hook, loose the fish, and foul up a lot of fishing line. Watched my cousin cut his line fighting a salmon with his cigarete.

[Brandon__]

nope, but my frog setup has the tenancy to feed out line when i set the hook makes for an interesting fight- lucky me i keep my thumb on the spool.

[alycat]

I was fishing a tournament and after setting the hook for the third time and breaking off at the rod tip. I found a small chip in the rod guide and when I set the hook it would cut it off. After taking the reel off I wonder if anyone ever got that rod out of that tree on Nolin.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Yea buddy. Stripers and Penn 209's have always been an adventure for me.

Taken in another context: I've had this happen several times when I laid an award winning line on a hottie at a bar, and then noticed my wedding ring on my beer holding hand as I toasted her shy smile.

Same feeling, different situation. Ya set the hook, and come away empty handed and broken hearted. :-)

I got to learn to hold a beer with my right hand.