Last year at Talquin we got into some stripers in the channel......Since we decided to try to catch several, we changed to red sickle hooks and boated 6 stripers in a hurry. I agree on the hooks........if there is trash, stumps, logs, (Lake Talquin), you can't beat the litewirehooks. Every hooks has a purpose....that's why they make so many different sizes and shapes, but many people perfer the litewirehooks . ..........after all........... you can't catch a fish when you are tieing on another hook.