Quote Originally Posted by smokewagon View Post
Are you pointing the rod tip down at the fish when reeling in any slack before setting the hook? This is really important when the bite is really close to the boat like flipping. Even if you have all the slack out when you rod is pointed too high, you will high stick the fish on the hook set. Sometimes this can happen if you're all fired up and want to set the hook as fast as possible.
This is probably what I do wrong.