I definitely think that the whole red hooks thing has been blown out of proportion, but I had an experience just like magmaster's. Me and a buddy were cranking on Melones one morning and we were both getting bit. The thing is, he was catching fish with the red hooks on his bait and I was just getting bit, not sticking anything, with the normal black nickel Gammies. I really do think those hooks were making the fish commmit better for w/e reason. Haven't had that happen down here in SoCal though.

I use them on dropshot too. Someone told me that they got more bites on the red hooks, so I tried them and got sucked into the whole hype, and now it's just a confidence thing for me.