hey bbvd, are you fishing off a downrigger or line to lure directly? this year i've been really working on trying to control my depth with the downrigger, wether i drop the weight five feet or fourty. it seems like if i really put the line into the clip deep it acts as a hook setter much more quickly then if i'm trolling even with rod in hand. the other thing i sort of chanced into was by using fireline rather then mono line there is much less slack between the lure and my rod so when i set the hook i really have much less line to pull taught. fireline costs a good bit more but seems to last atleast a hole season. good luck.