He was prob holding his mouth wrong that's what my great uncle use to tell me I was doin
I was keeping the rod tip too high and it was pulling them to the surface. Now I keep the rod tip low just above the water and pull them sideways. I swing them around the boat and sling them in the boat in one continuous movement. This never gives them a chance to shake there head and spit the hook.
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