So I have tried all kinds of line this year. Fishing top water, and bottom contact baits mostly. Fished braid,mono, and flourocarbon.

My question is do you adjust your hook set for the line? I’ve always kinda been a swing for the fence hook set kinda guy. But do you soften up when using braid? Swing harder for mono or flourocarbon? Thought this would be. Funnier topic and I may learn some stuff.

Not really for different line types but yes for light vs heavy line. I crack them on 12+ fluoro but BFS basically never set the hook. All it takes is a light sweep of the rod and tension on the line and they're hooked.

Not exactly, not for the reason you’re thinking, for me it’s more about rod type & action or its job duty then line selection. I’m YH, PLine, FC guy also.

The rod, reel & line are a matched system. Imo anyway.

Generally, I prefer my rods with more powerful tips/actions as in Jig-trailer’s & T-Rig’s , C-rigs etc etc

@Joedodge Good Question.

While I don't do hardly any of it, the only time I do the Hollywood Break Neck Drop the Boom Hookset,

is frog fishing in the slop.

Mostly just because I can, and it's a pretty good time too.

Other than that, my hooksets are all almost identical,

regardless of the gear (rod, line, hook type & size & terminal tackle) I may be using.

I feel like the tackle sends the charge down the line and sets the hook.

The heavier or lighter the tackle,

the more or less impact will result at the end of the line.

So I let the tackle do its job.

Helps take the guesswork out of a sport that already has more

than my little pea brain can process.

YMMV

🤪

A-Jay

I set lighter with braid. Harder with Florocarbon

Most of the time I am using light line with m to ml rods. I have to set the hook hard to break through the plastic that is Tex skinned, not so much when jig fishing.

Absolutely. I fish line from 5lb to 20lb in FC, 10lb and 25lb in mono, PE braid from #0.8 to #4 with leader and straight 50lb and 60lb braid. Each one of these takes a little bit different approach when setting the hook but there are other factors, like the rod also dictates how hard I swing and how I reel the fish in and I also consider how the drag is set as well.

My hookset is dictated by the cover, technique, and hook size I'm fishing. My rod/reel/line combination matches that.

All things being balanced... lighter line set up, heavier line set up, braid v. mono on each (don't use FC), I probably set the hook based more on the lure/hook type I'm fishing.

I don't change the way I set the hook based on the tackle I'm using, I use the tackle I do because of the way I fish (which how I set the hook is a major part of). I'm a sweep setter through and through, with line falling between 6lb and 20lb.

Thanks everyone for the advice and help. It’s appreciated. Got some stuff to try and work on when the water isn’t hard lol.

I always see people setting hooks and think man they dont need to be that hard. There are a few videos of me catching fish, but I dont think any actually capture the instance where I set the hook, so I dont know what it looks like from someone else's perspective. I always do my best to keep a razor sharp hook and that is key as I only set a hook as hard as I need too, if that makes sense.

With braid, it doesnt take much pressure at all to sink a hook. Usually a reel set with spinning gear, even heavier SW gear. Back in the day when I used to live line bunker or chunk, I would really sock it to em once or twice as scales from the bunker can find their way onto the point surprisingly often. I'm glad to see circle hooks become mandatory, so reel sets are all that's needed.

Mono and FC at distance, I swing pretty hard to ensure good penetration. The closer the hit gets the less power I use, with the exception of T rigged soft plastics and frogs. Even when punching through bulky plastics, the hooks, mostly straight shanks, I prefer to use don't need a ton of power to get a good set.

When I set the hook I'm trying to break the rod!

I adjust my hookset more for what type of bait I'm using. Trebles get a sweep and single hooks get the vertical. Now jigs, well they get the social media hookset or SMH as I like to call it. You know the hookset where you try to pull his butt through his forehead? Use the power of the almighty to realign the planets gravitational field with the force of your rod?😂

I swing for the fences regardless of line or technique, even when I know I should bunt. I strike out way more than I should, but it sure feels good to hit a home run once in awhile.

Always end up falling into one of two categories:

1) Reel-and-sweep - any straight line presentation like all braid or all flouro.

2) Reel-and-wrist - braid to leader, mostly on spinning.

Intensity of both based mostly on the hook thickness. More likely to over-do it than under-do it.

I guess there's a third for vertical fishing with braid when punching, which looks more like a social media hookset. But I'm still reeling while I'm sweeping up.

The whole system is what I'm basing that off of. Including the rod, reel, lure, and line. I am generally swinging on most things, I really only hold back on presentations where I am using a light wire hook that can penetrate much easier, then I'll go for a slower sweep set. Everything else the combination of drag and rod flex take up the shock.