Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

     

Left Nav S-B Home FAQ Members List S-B on Facebook Arcade WEAX Tides Buoys Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Right Nav

Left Container Right Container
 

Go Back   Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating » Main Forum » StriperTalk!

StriperTalk! All things Striper

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 07-21-2015, 04:36 PM   #20
JLH
Registered User
iTrader: (0)
 
JLH's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT/RI
Posts: 1,627
I don’t have any issues with hooking fish on them they do cut down a little on hooking fish deep which I like a lot. My issue is that I’ve dropped a number of good sized fish on them toward the very end of the fight, I don’t seem to have any issues with fish up to around 30-35 pounds but I’ve lost at least half a dozen fish that were very likely larger than that on them after getting them in close and I just can’t seem to figure out why. Possibly the small barb combined with fish changing angles and rolling when they get in close has been enough for the hook to pop free. I know guys (mostly boat or kayak) who use circles exclusively and land some very big fish on them but I’ve been very frustrated every time I’ve tried to switch over to them.
JLH is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:08 AM.


Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Please use all necessary and proper safety precautions. STAY SAFE Striper Talk Forums
Copyright 1998-20012 Striped-Bass.com