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Rod tip UP or Rod tip Down when fish jumps?
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<blockquote data-quote="russ010" data-source="post: 97453" data-attributes="member: 677"><p>If I feel like a fish is about to jump, I put my rod tip down and slow down the retrieve trying to get it to go back down, all the while keeping tension on the line. Slack line = lost fish. If I think it's a big fish, I'll stick my rod tip into the water and reel because then you're keeping tension on the fish under the water surface and it makes it hard for him to come up.</p><p></p><p>when they get closer to the boat, I'll slowly raise my rod tip to keep tension on the line until I can get a net or a hand on him. I'll sometime do a double hookset if I think it's got a good chance of spitting it out. I'm a pretty hard hooksetter, but sometime I've got too much slack. So after the first hook set, if the fish is running I'll get the line tight and do a quick snap just to make sure it's on. Small fish I'll burn across the top of the water, larger fish I'll let tire themselves out</p><p></p><p>I just read what I wrote and though about it... I'll keep the rod at 9-10 o'clock positions to control the fish</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russ010, post: 97453, member: 677"] If I feel like a fish is about to jump, I put my rod tip down and slow down the retrieve trying to get it to go back down, all the while keeping tension on the line. Slack line = lost fish. If I think it's a big fish, I'll stick my rod tip into the water and reel because then you're keeping tension on the fish under the water surface and it makes it hard for him to come up. when they get closer to the boat, I'll slowly raise my rod tip to keep tension on the line until I can get a net or a hand on him. I'll sometime do a double hookset if I think it's got a good chance of spitting it out. I'm a pretty hard hooksetter, but sometime I've got too much slack. So after the first hook set, if the fish is running I'll get the line tight and do a quick snap just to make sure it's on. Small fish I'll burn across the top of the water, larger fish I'll let tire themselves out I just read what I wrote and though about it... I'll keep the rod at 9-10 o'clock positions to control the fish [/QUOTE]
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