Heres what I do anytime I feel like getting some Dogfish...I pick up some herring at the store and each herring can be cut up into like 5 pieces, no need to use a whole or half of one, it will cost you too much...I use like a 1-5 oz. banana weight with like a 6 foot leader, and I buy really cheap hooks, like big packs of them...Not like a 6 pack of Eagle Claw, like a huge bundle of 50 or 100, cause they can be used for the next trip...Not treble either, but then I hook up a chunk of herring, get the dogfish to the boat, and hopefully if the hook isn't too deep, I use a dehooker to get the hook out or if they cut the line with their teeth or if I have to cut the line, I have such a long leader and I am quick at tying a good knot so I just have the hooks ready and tie on a new one and bait it up and drop it back down, and after a while, that 6 foot leader works it way down to like 2 feet and then I retie a new leader....