08-05-2013, 12:01 AM
I had a good time at the lake, but I didn't catch any fish.
Only one fish took the hook on my wife's line and it pulled like crazy for a long time and it got away.
Fish were biting at the lure like crazy and some really hard, but they would never get hooked! Is there something I'm not doing right? This feels stupid to ask, but should I reel in as soon as I feel a bite or wait for the line to be pulled off the reel?
Would it be better if after a cast I set the drag to be really light so the fish doesn't feel the line? when the fish would bite a lot of times the tip of the rod would bend a good bit, but they would just stop when I reeled in or they wouldn't bite that long.
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Only one fish took the hook on my wife's line and it pulled like crazy for a long time and it got away.
Fish were biting at the lure like crazy and some really hard, but they would never get hooked! Is there something I'm not doing right? This feels stupid to ask, but should I reel in as soon as I feel a bite or wait for the line to be pulled off the reel?
Would it be better if after a cast I set the drag to be really light so the fish doesn't feel the line? when the fish would bite a lot of times the tip of the rod would bend a good bit, but they would just stop when I reeled in or they wouldn't bite that long.
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