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From your avitar..you have done pretty good in the past!

What size hook is on that spoon?

Also, I always take my siwash hooks (Gami) and bend the point slightly out, and in. Herzog recommended it, I tried it and found that fewer fish were lost as a result. Makes sense.

When I feel a bite I wait for the fish to turn away from me and give a pretty solid hook-set. Having a rod with sufficient backbone, and a super-sharp hook helps. If your not honing that hook every time you get a hook-up, or it bumbs the bottom or? then it isn't as sharp as it can be.

Random thoughts from a rookie...

Mike