Overkill is right. The hooks were barbless, but didn't make a difference. They just didn't drive home. Every takedown on the 8/0's resulted in two pulls of line and fish off. We had some of the kwikies rigged 5/0 octopus and some siwash. Those were the only ones to land fish, but they too had their fair share of losses. Thank goodness we had our eggs with us (backbouncing with 5/0 octopus hooks) or we would have had a fruitless trip.

BB