PNW ANGLER

6 or 7 pounder on a blue and black 3/8 oz jig with a blue craw trailer

Hi, new to the forum and just wanted to talk about crank baits to start off. I seem to be having trouble with hooking bass in the sides and eyes lately. When I go out on the lake (Sacheen lake) I usually go to the same bay to fish and it always puts up good numbers but In between those decent fish that happen every several casts I get a few dinks that are far too small to eat the bait in the first place and I always seem to be hooking them in bad places like the eye, the back, behind the fins, ect. Just today I got a 6 inch bass that was hooked in the eye and so I removed it as carefully as I could but when I put it in the water it swam in circles. I guess my question is why are there so many small fish taking the bait and does anyone else have experience with treble hooks getting into the wrong places on the fish. Should I find a place with bigger fish or debarb my treble hooks?