Recently I went to a fishing place near my house, Olmos Park. There were schools of pumpkinseeds and bluegill with the occaisional bass, koi, and turtle. First I used a powerbait worm and immediately got multiple strikes but no hookset. Next a sage guru appeared, gave me some bait, and showed me how to rig a bobber. I casted, and a fish immediately took it but did no set the hook. Next i caught a monster pumpkinseed, the only one caught that day even though I had many fish take the worm. How to hook a worm?

I assume you are talking live worms here. You need a long shank hook and then you pretty much thread the worm from one end on to the hook to cover it up to the eye,then pinch it off leaving about 1/2" hanging off the point. If you leave too much hanging the little guys will suck it right off the hook before you can react. Good luck and tight lines.

I came back today and used a soft plastic and caught several. Same as last time, I set the hook on about 1/20 of the strikes.
However, it was the first time I ever caught anything on a soft plastic. Quite a big step for me. I think it was because the worm was covering the point of the hook.

and anyways, I swear they were pumpkinseed that I was catching, but their range doesn't extend all the way down here.