Simply depends on the technique, and the cover you're fishing.
If I'm punching grass, a technique we use quite alot here in the hydrilla mats, I'm using a 1oz and up weight, a 4/0 wide gap hook strong enough to anchor a small boat, 65lb braid, and a 7.5' flipping stik that looks like a broom handle. When a fish hits, I'm putting all 250+ lbs of southern beer belly into that hookset!!! I want to turn the fish, and head it to the boat. Same thing with fishing plastic worms around the cypress trees, or frog fishing over the pads and grass. It's 4 wheel drive, in yo face power fishing!!
On the other hand, if I'm throwing a topwater bait, jerkbait, etc, then I use no hookset at all. I simply lower the rodtip, make a quick sweep to the side, and let the trebles do the rest.
