I find with Whites you don't want to quickly "set" the hook like you might with a Walleye or Pike but rather just pull up swiftly until you feel the weight of fish. Whitefish have soft mouths and to hard of a hook set will tear the hook right out of their mouths. A Whitefish will also reject a hook very quickly as soon as the feel the hook so timing is absolutely the key.
As the others have pointed out, sharp hooks for sure. Another point I find that is overlooked is if you are running mono, you will want to "stretch" the line out to remove all of the line memory. Any slack in the line and its a done deal.
I prefer mono over braid while fishing for White's as it acts like a shock absorber. That and a soft ice fishing rod and a reel with a good drag. Get into a 3lbs plus white and the battle will be on.
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