Solus wrote on May 13^th, 2019 at 1:46pm:

I troll with rod resting in front of knee, butt of rod braced against opposite heel. In my solo I can put the rod in front of the thwart and the butt against the foot brace- the tension of pulling the lure holding it in place. No need to worry about hook set (sharp or not). The laker thinks its grabbing a 2oz minnow but instead has attached itself to (in the case of a tandem) some 500# of  boat/paddler/gear. Gotta be a shock on the system.

  If your using braided line that shock hits them right away. If you've never used braid there is a learning curve when it comes to setting the hook.

Unlike mono with that stretch that you learn to set the hook with a hard jerk, with braid you do that you'll often lose the fish because you jerk the bait right out of its mouth.
I see the rod tip bend slowly I know fish is on. Just pick up and start reeling.