I agree with Zach on bending the hooks up a little bit for a better hook up ratio. I was hooking a really good percent of fish on a 6 month old bait switched to a new one tourny day and missed 5 fish in a row...I wanted to puke. After further inspection it was the hooks. The new bait I could run my hand over the frog smoothly without feeling the points my old bait would stick me. They are killer frogs