when they bite don't jerk. just start reeling in picking up speed. they will get it. a lot of ti,es if I think i got a bite i am hung. feels like a hang up and it will be a fish. I heard a few years ago shock boat found as many eyes as trout above the dam. Old timers fish just above the dam. Have an 11&3/4 . a week later I ran into a guy that had a 19-4. thought he was huing and started breaking it off when he felt it surge.