Quote Originally Posted by Aaron e View Post
I was catfishing and got bites but no fish i was using 1/0 circle hooks and minnows it was like they were spitting it out when i went to set the hook.
Maybe your using to small a hook? I think mine are 6/0 hooks. Don't know about setting the hook. I have all my life and still do it but have read in different places it is wrong thing to do. I don't set them to hard though, might make a difference. 70 yrs of setting hook's has made it a normal thing to do but watch some videos on you tube and no one sets the hook! Another thing I learned is don't bury the hook in the bait. I use mostly chicken breast and have gone to smaller thinner pieces and run the hook through two times at most and leave a lot of hook exposed out of the bait.