Followed Fred's tip to enlarge the holes quite a few years ago. It works! I always catch the big ones right off my dock. The bigger minnows seem to produce the keeper fluke too.
Jim, Did you work for a newspaper back in the day? I was a 30 year staff photog for The Mercury in Pottstown, Pa. They gave all the reporters I-phones and gave me a severance check to say goodbye in Dec. 2016 as a Christmas gift.
Exactly what you said Jim DE. I have been a staff newspaper photog for 30 years. Cell phones and social media cost me my job due to a corporate cutback layoff in December of 2016. Difficult business nowadays because everyone expects a photo for free. Mako Capt...hold your ground sir!