We were having that same problem up in Neah bay with the riggers. You would get a hit, sometimes it would pop, and sometimes it wouldn't. We would pull the rod out and reel down on them as fast as we could but still only managed about a 50% hookup ratio.

I think that alot of the fish hit it and kept going staight towards the boat. After you reeled down on them they were closer than the amount of line we let out .

Fast little bastiches. Good luck.
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