Captain Mitch, I agree 100% with you. Smaller baits ensure better hooksets. Did you say you are fishing 2 squids on 1 hook???
What do your other lines consist of. I try to fish 5 lines. 2 squid baits, 2 runners or tinkers live, and then one dead (kingfish, bonita, spanish mackeral, or something like that, and I do some surgery on it, and have some good hookup ratio's.
I just started using a stinger rig on long baits like the big tinkers, and the trailer hook hangs just by their tail... I have pulled the hooks on 3 fish so far that have it...Sometimes these fish just make us look like asses out there.. But its an addiction, nevertheless.