Rod Tip Up Or Down

This absorbs a lot of the shock of the fight if the fish pulls or shakes its head the tip bends quickly and easily smoothing things out.

Rod tip up or down.

Keep your rod tip up. Provides a jigging action to the bait you re using. It essentially mimics the up down jigging action you d apply but instead powered by some batteries. Do not allow slack in the line keep the line tight.

You can steer the fish s head by moving the rod not turning the handle if the fish runs towards you reel in the slack. This is v shaped tip up frame that works the same way as the automated jigging tip up see above except the jigging action is not powered by a battery but instead a. The rod up is surprisingly unobtrusive with or without rods. Then reel as you lower the rod tip back down to about 45 degrees keeping even pressure on the fish.

Without reeling the fish in lift the tip of the rod up like you re trying to point it skyward to about 90 degrees. When your rod tip is high pressure on the fish tends to bend the tip section of the rod the tip is softer so it s going to bend first. Keep the fish away from anything that will tangle your line. Your rod should be vertical or near vertical but not over your head.

A stronger or heavier fish will often put a major bend in your fishing rod but don t worry this is normal.