best way to hook bait for leos?

[Kevdog]

How the bed way to hook mac chunks for them big Leos?

[raychavez91]

Best way for me, keep em cold, I use frozen. And when you chunk it,  you'll notice the spine in the middle,  run your hook through it, it holds great.

[sasquatch]

Agree with cold. Also a hook big enough to grab some meat and still expose the point. I use 9/0-10/0. I don't go around or through the backbone though. I try to pass just above it. It leaves more hook point exposed, and I feel like it has less in the way of a good hookset. The chunks do stay on longer hooked around the bone.

For a head, I go up through the bottom jaw and out the skull between the eyes.

[Pinoyfisher]

I keep my baits on ice while fishing so the meat stays firm. Like Ray, I try to run the hook through the spine. If it's the head, I run the hook between the eyes. If the bait is mushy, dental floss.