Here's another FYI for you all.

The only three fish I touched on Saturday were foul hooked. All on short 18" leaders while using eggs and no corky.

At the end of the drift, you could feel the "tap tap tap" of something hitting your line. Mind you, this wasn't the same "tappidy tappidy chew chew tug tug" of a fish picking up the eggs. Anyways, I was able to foul hook these fish by simpley giving a hard hook set on a supposed "bite".

I broke all the fish off as soon as I saw they were foul hooked and stopped doing it once I convinced myself that these fish were really not biting.

I can't tell you how many times I heard "I felt it bite". Funny how if that fish actually bit, why is that hook on the outside of it's mouth or in it's belly!

Mind you, with that many fishermen and fish, you will get a few fish to bite. We kept a few fish, but I can honestly tell you that there were all hooked on the *inside* of the mouth while using eggs and short leaders. We broke off all foul hooked fish as soon as we saw that it was foul hooked.

Parker
Springerless in Seattle

[ 05-29-2001: Message edited by: parker ]
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