When you're blind snagging at night (casting to sound rather than a visual), or snagging in shallower waters, if your hooks are
sharp enough, just simply reeling in quickly can also produce. You can't always wait to feel em' cuz you might catch bottom and you don't want to just keep foolishly casting and yanking at empty water if you're no where near them. You'll just keep spooking them and keeping them down. You'll feel them bumping the line when you're in em', that's when you hammer back at 45 degrees. The problem with the weighted snag hooks is sometimes the hooks used on the smaller models don't extend far enough and you get a lot of missed snags. With the larger weighted snag hooks, the opening or gap on the hook(s) is much larger which increases your chances, but also makes the "snagger" heavier, and obviously sinks faster. It often helps to outcast the school, reel in with your tip high...as you approach them, slow down or even pause allowing your "snagger" to descend, lower your tip, feel for bumps and JERK away.
This is what works for me anyway -
...it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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