Always hook a live bunker directly behind the dorsal. You should be using a 9/0 gami or mustad, this will expose more of the hook instead of burying it in the bunker. The reason you are pulling the bunker right out of the bass' mouth is because you are not trying to go off of the tail beat, when you have a live bunker on your line you can feel that distinctive tail beat and you know that the bass has truly taken the entire bunker is when you no longer feel the tail beat.
And just as bigbuck had said, when that happens you have to really lay into them to get the hook out of the bunker and into their head.
Good Luck and Tight Lines,
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