Nose Hooked Fish

[jpb2187]

Today when I was out fishing I was having some success with a squarebill crankbait.

Each of the bass I caught were hooked in the same spot - right on the nose. It was weird though because it was on the outside, not the inside, almost like they were just hitting it with their mouth shut, and not neccesarily trying to eat it.

I won't complain b/c I was catching fish, but I feel like if I changed the retrieve up a little they might inhale it better. Who knows though maybe it was just the mood they were in.

Anybody seen this before?

[Fishslayer88]

Were you missing a lot of fish?

They may have just been bumping you.

[countryred]

Moody fish sometime just react to the bait instead of sucking it down. Good hooks and a glass cranking rod help land most of them.

A change of color , or action will often make them commit better. Another thing that happens is that in real shallow water the bait will run down in to the mud and when a fish hit, only the back hook will stick him. Most of the time, its in the nose or chin.