Roeboat
07-23-2001, 09:05 AM
After making a couple of posts extolling the virtues of the new Gamakatsu barbless hooks, we proceeded to lose at least 6 and maybe 8 silvers at the boat yesterday and I watched sevaral missed hits. The last two trips we lost almost no fish or no fish, but it all caught up yesterday. I guess the law of averages caught up , averaging out. We really should have been limited by 7:30 AM (with 8 fish)but at 9 A.M. ran out of bait. (Bought 4 dozen, was shorted 2 dozen...another story) And headed in with 3 people limited and one poor fellow skunked after losing about 6 or more of those fish. I have a new theory about the losses. I never seem to lose many fish on my El Cheapo yellow Eagle Claw rods when mooching, while my friend with his Loomis suffered immensely. I think the ultra sensitive rod was causing him to set hook too soon and not giving the fish a chance to take the bait well, while my son Tom, being the laid back fisher he is would just reel up til he felt pressure and set hook and get every one. I also prefer the spongy Eagle Claws for this purpose and leave my sensitive rods home. (Actually I keep one stiff fast action rod for jigging and deep work aboard). My other buddy with his semi-spongy rod lost the second most, so maybe there is something to be said for those old bendy fiberglass rods that collect spiderwebs most of the year. images/icons/wink.gif