scaleface

This is a silly question but would like the advice of some veteran bass anglers. Ive been an avid bass angler since the 70s, so I should know the answer but a person cant know it all. The last two years Ive been having good luck on a vintage Rogers Big Jim Crankbait. 1\4 ounce I think, the small one. It has hooked a lot of bass and two lunkers, the problem is the size 6 hooks tangle quite often. I dropped down to size 8 VMC's , but they look to small. Im afraid that I will lose a big fish if the #6's are knotted together , or not hook one because of the #8s are to small. A 6 and an 8 together also tangle. What would you choose , hooks that may entangle or hooks that are on the small side?