back in the day, I used to cut 2 of the hooks off the Trebles of the lures I was working with. This made it much easier to deal with the pike. I could have easily just changed out the hooks but after stabbing myself a couple of times it was much easier to just cut. Anchovies work great. Top water was a blast. The damn side should have better Crappie chances. The damn to middle was always best for walley and narrows is where we killed the pike. Leave my elk alone and no fires. Be safe.