last year on an off shore fishing trip we were not doing well, but the captain said were headed for a wide open bite ( another boat called on the radio and they were leaving). so put on a flat fall with a treble hook , as were circling and chumming I let it fly and bam I'm hooked up. getting close to the boat and ping gone reel in and let fly again same senerio fought a couple minutes and ping another one lost. I then switched to live bait. question is does the hook make a difference, is it me , or just a part of fishing?