For the first couple months of fishing I was mostly walking around casting and not catching much of anything. After changing things like time, location, baits, etc my last few trips I have gotten tons of attention and even steadily been catching bass. However, I’ve also steadily been snapping rods on my last two trips. The first one I thought I broke from bumping it putting in my car too many times weakening it or something, but tonight was a brand new major craft benkei so it feels extra awful.
I feel like I am missing something major here with getting the fish from the pond to my hand to release, but I don’t feel like I am doing anything different than everything I’ve seen.
Am I just super unlucky? Are there any huge things to look out for that I might be missing? Has anyone else solved this problem for themselves and have some tips?
Sucks to finally be catching stuff but have it dampened by seemingly tossing hundreds down the drain on an hour trip.
Posted by MartianDirt
4 Comments
You using a net or just hoisting the fish out with the rod?
User error. Dont put so much stress in the rod. Keep it in the proper angles to get as much action from the rod you can. Youll keep breaking them doing what your doing whatever it may be.
Don’t try to do TikTok hooksets. A subtle 90° turn of the body with steady reeling is all you need to set. Not saying that’s what you’re doing, but that’s a sure fire way to snap rods if you are.
Is your drag set appropriately