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[HarveysMinnow]

Originally Posted by CamG

A fishes mouth is not a board, however. I've gotten along for quite some time setting the hook ONCE, and keeping constant pressure on the fish thereafter. Seems to me like setting the hook multiple times (or with a series of quick firm tugs) lends itself to losing pressure on a fish. Not mention if you are flipping or pitching in heavy cover, setting the hook once is the only way to get the fish's head turned and coming directly at you.

I'm just not sure if a soft pine board, into which you can make a dent with a fingernail, would be that much firmer than the boney structure that makes up the roof of a bass' (bass'es ?) mouth. However, you make a strong case for a single earth-shattering hookset, especially when dragging a big-un out from cover. It may depend to some extent on what part of the fishes' mouth the hook penetrates. This seems to generate food for thought which goes beyond the original topic of this thread, so I'm going to start a new one...


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