Underwater Footage of WHY Anglers Often Miss Bites

Once I see a line twitch or think I have a bite, I make myself say out loud, “There he is.” Not only does this slow me down, but annoys the heck out of my dad, brother, son or co-angler. It’s a win-win.

Good point talking about not always needing the power hookset. I see so many people doing the power hookset while fishing a dropshot and I just shake my head. Totally not needed. It’s a dropshot…not a Megabass Dark Sleeper. Great video.

Top notch research Steve

Once again, providing great information with solid evidence. Best fishing youtube channel in my feed!

Awesome ! That being said I’ve noticed and especially with shaky hands, to let the bass bite it how ever many times, let it swim with it a few seconds and set the hook. I do this with all my bottom contact baits, and falling baits. Bigger bass don’t bite as much as a smaller bass. So when a big bass eats a bait such as a big ol monster, they generally suck it up and swim off, this takes good timing because a gut hook will happen. You got to watch your line throwing something that will can a bigger bass. When I caught my 8lber on a big ol monster, my line did a little twitch before it hit the bottom and started moving to one side, and I set the hook, and when I got her to the kayak, the hook fell out!! Got to keep that pressure! lol God bless bro!

I treat a "finesse" rig, like a drop shot, like I am fishing live bait. Same with a small swimbait/light head. It REALLY makes a difference.

Great information Steve! I know that I for one need to be more patient on hook setting!

Great video. I try to always remember to reel down before sweeping back. I feel like this gives slack and time for the fish to get it good.

Thanks

Thanks again...share these with my grandson all the time...has led to good discussions on the ethics of responsible fishing some how. Tight lines, Godbless.

Great video I cant count the times I have set the hook and got back half of my T rig worm all because I rushed it

Great video, thanks !

Using 3-4 inch creature baits Texas Rigged you can set the hook right away.

I like to feel a head shake or two before setting the hook, works like a charm despite using mono. Yes, I sometimes get fish deep hooked but I mostly fish for food anyway, catch my limit and go home or sometimes play around with lighter gear and sunfish if I catch the limit fast enough. On tournaments tho, I usually set the hook with a bit faster steady set on first half of first head shake because fish must be released alive and that bit of stretch in mono gives me enough time for fish to hook itself well but not too deep. That's just my experience, I know braid elitists who do as well, sometimes worse, sometimes better but is all comes down to luck and skill.

Great information thank you

Great info Steve. Thanks for this one.

When you've gone a while without catching a targeted species (LMBs in my case), exercising patience can be as much of a challenge as enticing a bite in the first place. Thanks for the reminder and the refresher.

Great video Steve. It took me awhile to learn the different hooksets. I used to try to set the hook really hard on crankbaits. I learned not to do that because I lost so many fish. My dad always told me to count to three when fishing plastics when a bite is detected. That advise works pretty good most of the time.

excellent video steve-o! love the underwater footage as always

You must have read my mind. Long story but I made some adjustments to my hookset and this video gives me the confidence I made the right adjustments. Thank you