here in lies the dilema , some know and some don't but to be very sure it is quite common, large fish are often way more wary than small fish, this said they also often bite very lightly and very likely detect something amiss when a large gap hook gets a little "mouthing" , this can be seen on underwater videos all over the place and is very common for crappie to do . keep this in mind as well , I lose a very small percentage of fish that I hook and have never experienced a big gap hook outketchn a smaller hook when crappie fishing, larger bait profiles in many cases simply help conceal the point of the hook and thus also lesson the chance of accidental hookups with non living subjects .....
of course I don't do it for money and only ketch for fun , but to be very sure it all about the ketchn venue for me, more fish is a better day then less fish is my agenda .....