I usually upgrade all of my trebles to mustard hooks. Especially for salmon fishing.

5 hours ago, Tucson said:

Anyone remember that awful hook on the Johnson Silver Minnow?  That was a lure that screamed for an upgrade but it was soldered on.

I have one, I've caught two flounder on it. I missed a bass in a grassy pond I fish.

I was just going through my hard baits. Getting to my lipless crankbaits I decided some new hooks are in order. I debated and watched different videos on ideas to help and decided to go with VMC Barbarian Treble #6 (Tin Red) up front and VMC Barbarian Treble #4 (Black Nickel) on the back of most of my lipless crankbaits. Almost all my baits are 3" 5/8 oz and up. 

Honestly unless the hook literally looked like junk I never replaced one from the factory while the bait was new. Of course we didn't have ebay selling aluminum hooks on baits from China either. So I did a little research on all these "new" and improved hook designs. I doubt I got the best but maybe they will work for a guy fishing for fun.   

Thanks for all the interesting reading and tips in this thread.