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I honestly feel bass choke down a pogie faster than an eel or small Mak
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I don't agree...actually just the opposite, I would think a small bait gets inhaled and swallowed fairly quickly...a big old pogy needs to squeeze through the esophagus opening, that must take
some additional time/, there are still some sharp barbs on that pogy that the bass needs to reckon with, carefully>IMO
I let her run a little, ...too many dropped pogies to keep things locked down. Too many years trying too many methods...I'm all for learning new stuff, but I like to catch and not just go fishing.
Pains me to see them gut-hooked like that though...these fish were well above the slot, so fighting fish that large with the hook embedded in the throat can't be good, the minute I saw the leader vanish into the abyss, the line got cut, and it took no time at all to revive and get splashed in the face with water. What happens after that is out of my control.
By using a "J" hook, I'd set quicker and possibly get the hook out of harms way faster than allowing it to reach those depths, but again JMO -