Originally Posted by speck-chaser (Post 126022)

It all depends. sometimes they will hammer it and sometimes they will just thump it and then take off with it. I usually wait a second or two before setting the hook. You can usually see your line swimming right after the thump. They almost always start swimming towards deeper water. Thats when you cross their eyes with a hookset. sometimes you might have to set the hook right away-specially if they are on the nest,cause they might just pick it up and drop it oustside the nest. Dont forget, you have to set the hook a little harder,cause your going through the plastic and then into the jaw.

Originally Posted by speck-chaser (Post 126046)

I usually use mono,no leader. ,but the braid and leader might be good too. I know that braid dont stretch,so you might not hafta set the hook quite as hard to get that hook through the plastic.