[bulletbob]

Sounds like you guys haven't jigged for lakers all that much in the past if I am reading correctly.. Not sure if others have told you ,but those hook ups and then quick drops are part of the deal when jigging lakers.. lakers have very hard mouths, you are fishing in deep water, and they can be tough to keep pinned.. When jigging for lakers, a stiff rod with some backbone helps a lot, and if you use braid with a short mono topshot maybe 10-15 feet, you will keep more fish hooked, but even then , lakers spit hooks out a LOT.. Tough to sink a barb, and the deeper the water, the tougher it is,,, Make sure those hooks are needle sharp as well... Up here in the finger Lakes we often have to jig in 125-150 feet or deeper.. Some days I will only boat one or two out of maybe 10 hooked. Treble hook lures help a lot with hookup rate, but are a lot harder on the fish, and you might kill more than you want to.. Any lures with trebles I fish deep for lakers, I snip one hook off the treble . They hook up way better than a single, yet still unpin quite easily..bob