Disclosed embodiments include a hook setting apparatus having a base, a rod holder block rotatable about a shaft in communication with the base, a rod holder tube connected to the rod holder block, a trigger rod movably mounted in the base and connected to the rod holder block, and selectively contactable with a trigger block, a trigger trip rod connected to the trigger block, and movement of the trigger trip rod imparts motion to the trigger block and releases the selective contact between the trigger block and the trigger rod and causes the rod holder block to rotate about the shaft.
