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What do you do when a fish jumps??

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Jerk her/him into the boat !

Sweep rod to either side keeping line tight .... is my final answer !  :P

Honestly, most of the largest bass I've ever caught always want to jump and typically they almost always do. Depending on the lure and my hook set I always try to keep a bend in the rod and constant line tension. THe bend helps keep that tension when they jump.

Preventing jumping is only as easy as the length of line you have on the water from you to the fish. Closer the fish is to the rod tip, the easier it is to keep the fish in the water. The more line in the water, better count your blessings and focus on that line tension, and hope that hook set was good.

But I love when a bass jumps personally, its the rush when you see a massive bass jump. The other day the 9lb bass I caught jumped twice and both times I felt my balls in my throat.

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I encourage the "air show", it's part of fishing. My wife is disappointed if her fish don't jump.

Falcon

  I almost ALWAYS bury my rod 3-4 feet into the water. I wanna land every fish that even looks at my lure, so unless I can see they're well hooked, I'm doin' everythin' I can to keep that fish down. My only exceptions would be weeds, and SMALL dinks, which I usuallly start skiin' between the hookset and tryin' to pull the fish away from cover. In that case, If they're on top of the water, I just keep 'em comin' and enjoy lookin' down the things mouths.

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I stay evenly calm during a jump with a broad smile on my face.

But if the bass comes unbuttoned, I'll break my rod over my knee,

toss my tackle box into the lake and head straight back to the ramp

   ;D

Roger

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Personally it's the hunt & the fight that makes it worthwhile ;)

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