Lost 4 fish today... :(

smittyman · 04-11-11, 08:37 PM

Jersey hsd a nice heat wave hit today, got up to 80 (its been dismal weather so far) so I hit the water with high hopes. Not once, not twice, not even three times, but four god darn times I felt a hard TUG TUG but when I went to set the hook she let go. I was using brand new gammy wide gaps so I know it wasn't that. Everything was perfectly texas rigged so it wasn't my rigging either. Only thing I could think of is that the fish are still slugish (it hasn't been over 60 for the past 2 weeks) so they're only nipping at the tail end of my baits. In retrospect I probably should have been using a trailer hook with the 7inch spear worms I was throwing. Pre-spawn for us up here in nj/ny isn't for another month/month and a half so I have some waiting to do.... Can't it just be summer yet?

04-11-11, 08:37 PM	#1
smittyman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lyndhurst, NJ Posts: 92	Lost 4 fish today... :( Jersey hsd a nice heat wave hit today, got up to 80 (its been dismal weather so far) so I hit the water with high hopes. Not once, not twice, not even three times, but four god darn times I felt a hard TUG TUG but when I went to set the hook she let go. I was using brand new gammy wide gaps so I know it wasn't that. Everything was perfectly texas rigged so it wasn't my rigging either. Only thing I could think of is that the fish are still slugish (it hasn't been over 60 for the past 2 weeks) so they're only nipping at the tail end of my baits. In retrospect I probably should have been using a trailer hook with the 7inch spear worms I was throwing. Pre-spawn for us up here in nj/ny isn't for another month/month and a half so I have some waiting to do.... Can't it just be summer yet? __________________ "a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work."

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