I like Gamagatsu & VMC. But I have had fish spit baits out even with
the sharpest hooks. It's like they grab it so firmly and exhale it
without a hook ever touching them.

When you do get hooked up, use the drag to your advantage, or better
yet, learn to pop the thumbar with your thumb and use your thumb on the
spool when a big fish makes a run. Learning to do that has helped me
put a lot of big fish in the boat.

Quality tackle was the best thing to help me learn to fish crankbaits.
A top line graphite rod designed for fishing crankbaits has got
fiberglass beat for me. And I tried a bunch of them. My line is 10lb
Big Game. I also like the Norman Speed clips and get rid of the snap rings.

Trying to horse a fish out of timber is a mistake. That's where I am
getting bit. Simply keep pressure on and feed some line when you think
it's right and that fish might just swim right out of the mess for you.

Don't expect to keep a really big fish on if it grabs the bait at the
side of the boat and dives. No thumb in the world is quick enough to
pop the thumbar before the pressure is too great to do so. That's where
hooks rip out or tackle breaks.

Carlos