TheSwearingAngler

Pulled this out of a tree this morning, lotta extra weight on the nose. It was one branch under my own chatterbait I was retrieving from a Monday morning mistake.

I picked fishing back up this summer after a 25 year hiatus.. had some pretty good success fishing familiar techniques from my youth, mainly Texas rigged stick baits. I picked up the Ned Rig about 2 months ago and have been on a major tear, catching fish constantly(I found an amazing spot). I’ve enjoyed a very high hookup ratio but for every 10-20 fish I catch I lose a rig, so I bought a pack of inexpensive heads and my hookup ratio dropped a lot. I went back to my Zman heads but my ratio is still 50% or less. I’m not sure if I forgot how to set the hook or maybe the fish just aren’t committing to the bite due to the cold. Any tips to get my hookup ratio back to acceptable levels? I have already changed up baits a little (different colors,profiles) to see if I could get a more committed bite from the fish.

Fishing from a canoe is a compromise for sure.. I have a Radisson P14. I can stand in it but the price I pay for that stability is it’s awful to paddle. It’s super light, but I think that makes it even more susceptible to being pushed around by the wind. It was $100 secondhand though and it gets me off the bank.