My main rod i use is a 8ft med/heavy. 65lbs Powerpro. Thinking back to all the fish i have lost/missed/plainscrewed up. many have come with in the first five secounds after the hook set.

I put down i pretty good hookset (at least i think) And i fight the fish for a few secounds then it head shakes and gone, like when i set the hook all i did was move the fish, not the bait in its mouth. I use alot of soft plastic, my thinking was its teeth have such good hold on the bait that unless you tear the bait from its mouth (almost ruining your bait) that it has less of a chance to have the hooks make contact.

I have so many baits with teeth marks on them (mean, deep ,nasty ones), but so few fish in the boat. One of these days i will figure out what i am doing wrong. Its kinda fun doing this whole learning thing, i am glad i can share this with out being made fun of.