Need help with a chatterbait problem. I've searched and been browsing t he forums for a while now and cant find an answer to my problem.
I fish reelfoot in tn alot and have alot of luck with chatterbaits but I miss alot of big fish. Here's the senerio: Reelfoot is lilly pads, reed grass and cypress trees. I flip a chatterbait to likely spots amongst the cover and swim it back slowly maybe 6" under the surface, most of the time i can always see my bait and i can almost always see the fish strike the lure. 4lbers and under i typically always hook, but last weekend i had a big fish run out of the pads and engulfed my chatterbait an ofcourse i set the hook as soon as i saw it, and my lure came flying out of the water like the fish never had it but i know it did. Very disheartening!
Thinking about the situation i decided i didn't let him have it long enough to feel him and decided when it happened again i would fight my hookset reaction and make sure i felt him first. Didn't work. Saw the strike, waited for the feel and as soon as i felt him i set the hook and out it came. What am i doin wrong?
