Does anyone set the hook with one hand/one arm? I personally always seem to have one hand on the rod and one on my reel handle...

 

One spot I saw an amazing one hand hookset was in a youtube video, it's almost a form of art! haha. Is this common? Do any of you guys do this? Thoughts? Comments?

 

This is purely just a post out of curiosity...

 

 

I'm pretty much cranking out the slack with one and swinging with the other. 

One handed with the other on the crank, I guess technically two handed. 

I do it at times , especially  when I'm using a hand controlled elec motor . 

I never put two hands on the ROD. I always have my left hand on the rod and right hand on the reel cranking for all I'm worth once I cross his eyes with my right hand/arm. My rod is almost always locked under my forearm for leverage on hook sets. And again my right hand is handling serious business on the reel crank making headway by diminishing the distance between me and my fish.

Hookset #1 is one handed. Hookset #2 -#7 is two handed.

Like others one hand rod, one hand crank. But I know what you mean, I do it with my crappie setup. Like only one hand on the entire combo. 

The unusual jig retrieve hitting the reel handle to spin it to take up slack while holding rod at the balance point and dragging the jig for strike detection followed by a one handed whip hook set is this anglers signature technique. This video angler targets Spotted bass at lake Oroville, small spots are very agrresive bass, nearly any technique works.

I got sucked into watch a video of this angler titled Catching Giant bass that turned out to be catching 2 to 2 1/2 lb Spots at Oroville, what a joke.

Tom

 

 

I always set hook with both hands, left hand palming the reel, rod against my left forearm, my right hand on the crank taking up slack until I start the upward motion, then it's above the reel on the rod, & then back to the crank. 

5 minutes ago, Catt said:

I always set hook with both hands, left hand palming the reel, rod against my left forearm, my right hand on the crank taking up slack until I start the upward motion, then it's above the reel on the rod, & then back to the crank. 

I’m pretty much the same. The only time I change that is with a moving lure I tend to sweep more to the side, but still both hands.

spinning rod quite often - baitcasters not so much

Do it all the time but mostly with finesse or crappie fishing where I use a lot of one hand fishing (one hand move the rod and spin the handle). I don’t do it with regular fishing when expecting big bass, if the bass set hook back, one hand you might loose all your gears.

14 hours ago, WRB said:

The unusual jig retrieve hitting the reel handle to spin it to take up slack while holding rod at the balance point and dragging the jig for strike detection followed by a one handed whip hook set is this anglers signature technique.

I think this is the best description of what he is doing, is he hitting the reel handle on his hip? or something else? Thanks for the better description. Definitely a signature move... 

 

14 hours ago, WRB said:

I got sucked into watch a video of this angler titled Catching Giant bass that turned out to be catching 2 to 2 1/2 lb Spots at Oroville, what a joke.

Yeah, sadly at Oroville, most fish are like .75 - 1lb, so I suppose to him the 2.5lb fish was 'giant'... but in normal terms, giant should be 10+lb. You also get people trying to hype of their videos with catchy titles...

One hand on the rod the other on the crank.  Taking up slack and then hitting hard with the crank cranking!  On a big bass, just using the rod would put a lot more pressure on the gears of the reel in one spot, that's my thinking!  Working both hands has always worked for me, and I don't think about it, just react. 

 

Only time I have set with just the rod, is a spinning reel with a long rod.  The rod absorbed most of the shock.