Don't know if this is what is happening for those that use the pair of bare hooks on a short/snappy leader behind a flasher for these fish. OTOH, I generally tend to look at where the hooks are, and I don't recall every seeing any were I'd say "Yup, that one was flossed for sure!"

But, I can say that this is NOT happening when one uses a Michael Bait behind a hotspot, trolled as fast as humanly possible, as all of the lake fish are gaffed up in the mouth, through the eye, through the tongue, with a big 2/0 siwash hook.