For Teaserheads, you need two tooth picks. One to get the bend right (a roll, not a spin). Other to jam the line in the teaserhead so it is not pushed down causing the anchovie to take too much of a bend and start spinning.
Line for big springs has to be 50 # floro.
For hooks, try a barbless Eagleclaw circle sea 5/0 with a 1/0 stinger.
Takes a bit of work to set the 5/0 at the dorsal and the stinger just in the tail, but the difference with Circle Hooks is that you can have a 30 # spring jump multiple times 20 yards from the boat, and still put him in the net.
On a barbless treble, usually not.
I have been doing this set up since 2001. Lived in FLA for a while. All the big billfish were caught on a circle hook in the tournaments.
Circle hooks were the Only barbless hook that would stay stuck on those big fish with the barbless rules, and the prize money on the line.
Drewski
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