>Hey Danny I to have noticed
>the big hole they tear
>in the mouth, I wonder
>why that is I thought
>it was just me.


What I think is that the bait uses a big diameter hook, and when the fish fights so hard, it tears the thin membrane where the hook is generally penetrated. If the hook is in the upper portion of the mouth, then I don't think it would be that big a tear, however, since the hook has, at least on each of the fish I caught, been in the very thin membraned area around the mouth, and that allows for it to tear easily.

Danny