Popping

When the male picks up the bait, you use very small pulls, just like you would jig the bait on the bottom. The male will feel and taste the hook and spit it. Watch the female’s fins and body motions when doing this. Her mannerisms will change and she will engage the bait. Just because she doesn’t go for the bait doesn’t mean she’s not engaged. She will flutter her fins and tail more and you can see her getting excited. She may not eat the bait, but keep casting closer and closer. Remember, if she eats it once she will eat it again! If she doesn’t take the bait right don’t force a hook set. Depending on the way she takes it, most of the time I will pop it out of her mouth the first time to get a more violent attack the second time.

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