Is there any room for treble hooks in bait fishing

[beaser]

I started a bit of discussion when I inquired about a suspect practice of salmon fishing.

It has been sugested that I use treble hooks for bait fishing. My personal feeling are that treble hooks are way too harsh for my tastes. In fact I have changed a few lures to single hooks to see if that affects the operation or action of that lure. Thankfully many fox lures include a second single hook for that option. I also bought a pack of single siwash hooks to change other brands over.

Now were at it I don't like barbs either. I know fish are cold blooded but it's just not "British". (an inside joke for limies).

I am new to fishing in that I had not touched a rod in over 40 years. My last experience in fishing in "the old days" was to take kids out with barbless hooks. It was great fun and they had no memory of trauma. The hook came out of the "fishy's cakehole easily"

Which leads me to another question. Will an undersized hook lead to excessive gut hooking?