need help on bass fishing please!

[TheChief]

I'm fairly new to bass fishing--- I shore fish Lake Mead,Sandhollow,and surrounding waters near Las Vegas and need some help.In the last 2 days I've hooked 3 good sized LM only to have them swim at me,jump,and throw the hook.I'm throwing plastics on 10# PLine,T-rigged on a 1/0 worm hook.It seems like I can't keep up with them while reeling.I have cheaper Browning and Shakespeare 5.2 reels.Do I need a "faster" reel or am I just learning the hard way?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[signature]