tomhaggett's Blog

If i may say so I think you did brilliantly to get 4 takes in half an hour in this cold weather. It's strange about the one you lost. I normally never lose fish spinning (and I'm not much of a lure angler), but the ones I have lost have all been when I saw the fish take the bait. They've mostly been jacks when I've been wobbling a smelt rather than using a lure. Normally I hardly even strike - I feel the fish on, and I suppose I must tighten up a bit, and that's it. I wonder if it is that when you see the fish you strike earlier than when you only know there's a bite from feeling the pull?

Thanks for the kind words pal. I'm really surprised at the results in this weather to be honest. Fishing really slowly, just bumping the lure along the deck seems to be producing, though it does take a fair bit of patience.

 

I think you could be right. Obviously when you get takes while retrieving the majority of fish will hook themselves against the resistance. Striking early could be a reason as to why we miss them in that situation, though with this one the whole lure had disappeared into the fish's mouth .