Josh,
Still having problems
. Yesterday was slow but went like this.
6:45 AM Felt a fish ...let her run. Wind the line down. I set it hard. Saw the 2 pound fish nearly pulled it out of the water. Got away. The hook hadn't even went through the soft rubber worm. I filed the #4 Mustad hook.
6:47 My partner got a hit. he reels down. Goes from 6:00 to over the head hard. Hook nearly slaps him in the face. Nothing also ...his hook does not penetrate the worm.
WE each missed two more.
9:00 AM. Got a hit . Set the hook so hard I pulled the 1 pound bass out of the water and across to the other side of the boat.First bass.
9:30 AM Got a hit. Tried ripping his head off 7" bass in the boat.
10:00 AM looking for a new spot. Deep water in the shade. My buddy complains about being in the back of the boat so I'm driving backwards . He fishes the easy spots ..I fish deep and thick.
I stick the worm as far back as possible and wait 10 seconds. tap tap.
rip there it goes. I sweep the darn worm as hard sideways as I can expecting it to get away. Not this time. I love my braided Stren
I'm pulling sticks ,spider webs and fish .And I have a nice girl trying to wrap me around the trolling motor. Finally I net a 3 pounder. I'll post when film is developed.
10:15AM My friend gets a tap. This time he reels down so far the rod tip is 8 inches below the surface. He crosses the fishes eyes and.....catches his first and only fish of the day.
Not good though..We each had at least 7 hits.
C7