Losing fish on metals
Submitted by bulkie on Thu, 2014-01-02 17:55
Lost a couple of Tailors and Herrings on Twistys few days back. Everytime they jump outta the water the treble gets unhooked. It's rarely happened before but it's getting abit annoying now.
Tension is set right and rod is upright at all times. It shouldn't be the hooks as well coz I've changed a set of trebles and still it happens.
Should I be doing something different?
dean1walsh
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Try thin gauge singles
Try thin gauge singles
dean1walsh
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Date Joined: 19/11/11
Try thin gauge singles
Try thin gauge singles
barneyboy
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sharpen your hooks.
sharpen your hooks.
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
Sunburntfeet
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Single hooks, first thing I
Single hooks, first thing I do after buyin a twisty.
Fisherman, constantly trying to out-smart fish.......with limited success
opsrey
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Sharp slim single hooks,
Keep tip at or under water.
MattMiller
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Or even
Assist hooks. Getting the weight away from the hook is the key.
Sharktale
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Matt would you tie the
Matt would you tie the assist hook to the top ring or bottom? Doesn't the assist tangle with leader in the cast?
"I FISH, 'CAUSE THE VOICES TELLS ME TO...."
MandurahMatt
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That's lure fishin lol I try
That's lure fishin lol I try to hold my rod down and forwards in antisapation of the inevitable jump in the shore break so you have room to pull back when they go for the leap !! Easier said than done though!!
Bewdey Fellaz
bulkie
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Interesting. I will most
Interesting. I will most certainly take all advise and post forth some results in the coming weeks!
Thanks!
Fuzz
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Gamakgatsu
Single octopus hooks in place of the trebels, i run hard body lures for salmon when they are running and always replace the rear trebel with this sort, 99% of hook ups are on the last of the 3 sets of trebels and this has helped bigtime in landing them for me.
"you can catch all sorts in bed, BUT you can't catch FISH !"
Fuzz
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Bump.
.
"you can catch all sorts in bed, BUT you can't catch FISH !"
Fuzz
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Ironic though
Because when i beach fish with bait, i rig my gangs with a small trebel attatched to the last single gang. This is heaps more productive than just gangs. So i guess trebels arent so bad after all haha
"you can catch all sorts in bed, BUT you can't catch FISH !"
bulkie
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I'll give the octupussy
I'll give the octupussy hooks a go. I've got plenty of em in the tacklebox!
PT
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I definitely land more fish
I definitely land more fish keeping the rod tip low
Uluabuster
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I used Owner singles (dark
I used Owner singles (dark nickle colour ones)and when a salmon/herring jump it still spits the hook.
So i reckon a short assist at the rear of the metal should do the trick.