tell us what type of boat your fishing from? Pontoon/conventional, how long a boat do you have, r u fishing large lakes,small lakes,etc.Wht do you mean by best bait hook location? For instance if your asking "best bait" and your talking night fishing for speck's,than there is only one bait...minnows.......unless your talking night fishing for something else.... like catfish ???? Tell us more...............