RE: "Saturday I had two big bass come up. One of them slurped at that bait and the other one hit it so hard it scared me. The bad thing is I was unable to hook either fish. My bad, the first I watched bit and did nothing and the second hit so hard I could not set fast enough."

Don't be afraid. If it's such a great bait, why didn't the fish inhale it? If it really "hit the bait so hard" should have been no problem getting the hook set. Sounds like the fish was just annoyed, like I'm getting, reading about you guys pimping for Mickey! Sounsd like you need to hammer you drag and swing.