Losing Fish grrrrr!

[jcsganga34]

Hi All,

I've had a real annoying past week fishing over by the Amelia Earhardt dam in Somerville/Charleston (Massachusetts) line. I've been chunking with mackeral using #6 hooks and getting lots of hits (20 or so) but have only landed 2 stripers (25 and 14 inch). Now I've always been told to let the fish run once they've taken the bait but they don't seem to be do that? It's like they take a couple of hits and spit out the bait out right away. My question is should I be more pro-active in setting a hook or am I using the wrong bait for this time of the season? A friend of mine suggested that my hooks are probably too small? I have heard another suggestion of using circle hooks but am unfamiliar with them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
john