06-07-2019, 07:45 PM
I agree liketrolling. Its more fun with a boat load of kids. I started out this week with setbacks about 30 to 40' back, but the kokes were stacked up from 35 to 55' so I shortened the setbacks to 10' or less. When the kokes hit and ran to the surface they were then about 50' back. Soon as they got near the boad they went nuts! I have a long handled net, too, and we really needed it on most nettings. The girls thought it was too heavy extended so they often tried to net the kokes using the shorter handle. This didn't work well because the larger kokes ran all over the place and the girls couldn't reach them. Lost quite a few that way.
i'm thinking the rods might be one of the problems because they are longer and softer that what we are used to. We did try to set the hooks on some, but I think we did more damage than good. Perhaps we just have to get used to the new rods and change our technique accordingly. I did notice that several of the kokes would make hard runs away from the boat and then abruptly turn about and run toward the boat and spit the hooks on the slack. I don't recall them doing that last year???
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i'm thinking the rods might be one of the problems because they are longer and softer that what we are used to. We did try to set the hooks on some, but I think we did more damage than good. Perhaps we just have to get used to the new rods and change our technique accordingly. I did notice that several of the kokes would make hard runs away from the boat and then abruptly turn about and run toward the boat and spit the hooks on the slack. I don't recall them doing that last year???
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