Today i decided that i was gonna leave the boat at home and go fishing from a custom float tube.the pond is only a couple minutes from the house so i put the tube on the back of a fourwheeler and ride down there. Well i got out there and started throwing a crankbait i wanted to throw for some time. Got a few bumps but nothing took it so i changed up. I put on a lizard (no idea who makes it) that i got from my grandpa and hes had em for probably 35 40 years but they are still very durable.Well second or third cast i had a taker let him chew on it for a minute and set the hook he was on for a second then just as quick gone. Further examining of the lizard showed the hook baraley came through the body. So a few cast later i over shot my target spot and landed far back in the pads right in front of a grass patch and like i dont even know a huge explosion then i saw my rod tip bend like a small truck was sitten on it. i set the hook and the fish ran into the grass truned coming at me jumped and came unbuttoned > >. i hate when that happens and days like this make my head hurt.

its part of fishing, just learn how to work the fish, when you feel it coming to the surface throw your rod tip down in the water.  sometimes this will stop them from jumping.  also dont let it get to you.

You might need a rod with more backbone. Sounds as if you are not driving the hook completely through the plastic. Fish wad plastics up when they inhale requiring enough force to possibly drive the hook through several layers. Also might want to upsize your hook and keep them honed to a good point.

Good luck.

Today i decided that i was gonna leave the boat at home and go fishing from a custom float tube.the pond is only a couple minutes from the house so i put the tube on the back of a fourwheeler and ride down there. Well i got out there and started throwing a crankbait i wanted to throw for some time. Got a few bumps but nothing took it so i changed up. I put on a lizard (no idea who makes it) that i got from my grandpa and hes had em for probably 35 40 years but they are still very durable.Well second or third cast i had a taker let him chew on it for a minute and set the hook he was on for a second then just as quick gone. Further examining of the lizard showed the hook baraley came through the body. So a few cast later i over shot my target spot and landed far back in the pads right in front of a grass patch and like i dont even know a huge explosion then i saw my rod tip bend like a small truck was sitten on it. i set the hook and the fish ran into the grass truned coming at me jumped and came unbuttoned > >. i hate when that happens and days like this make my head hurt.

A custom float tube ?

Explain please.

bass-brat, its a semi tire innertube that when filled with air expands two or three times the size it would in a tire. and then u take a peice of 7 1/2 x 3/4ths and drill two holes in both sides of the board. Then take rope and go under the wood from the inside out over the tube and put threw the holes and tie a few knots so the rope dont come out of the wood and so the board dosent move around. then fill with a little more air to make it a tight fit. You can do this for $25 bucks or you can buy one for $50+