TBJ Fishing

This summer I’ve decided to finally try out using a swing head football jig for smallmouth. Last night I was casting to a school in 15FOW and hooked up 6 times. Every single smallmouth (probably in the 1-3lb range) threw the jig on their first jump. After the first 2, I bent the hook out thinking that would help. Then I really let the rod load up before swinging. Asking for some help as I’ve caught thousands of smallmouth over the past decade with other techniques and never had problems like this. After doing some research, it seems that the owner haymaker hooks might help with their open angle as well as adding two split rings to allow the hook to spin, preventing the fish from getting leverage. Any thoughts? TIA Gear: Expride B 7’2 MH curado mgl HG FC Sniper 16 lb strike king tungsten football 3/4oz gama ewg 3/0 zoom z craw jr