Blackfish Help

[fishpro28]

All great adviceand thank you guys but.... what about hooks I have always used blackfish hooks(charleston I believe?) but was thinking I would go with some Gamagatsu Octopus hooks. Oh, and as far as my setup, I have two. the fist is a 7' Bulleye Eglass blank with an Avet SX and the second is a GLoomis Musky rod with a larger Avet. The two are totally different in how they feel and flex and I will probably bring both out to see which one I like better.

[bigfishtale]

I use Gami Octopus hooks in 4/0. Sometimes 3/0 if using smaller pieces of crab or 5/0 when using larger ones like whitelegger crabs.