i was always taught to use a single #2 hook and hook it thru the base of the barb on the head so it doesnt kill the shrimp so it can swim easy, this keeps it lively and alive the longest and using trebble hooks is a PITA to get unhooked or worse you kill small trout you have to release.

i find its best to use a 1/8 once pinch on weight about 6 inches above the hook and have 18-24 inches of line under the cork. this keeps the shrimp down in the strike zone but doesnt add too much weight, also because its a pinch weight it doesnt fray the line and can be adjusted if needed or removed on the fly for shallow oyster beds.

for bottom fishing a regular carolina rig with 18-24 inch leader, again so it can swim freely. i find any longer of a leader doesnt help and just gets hung up on oysters and such.

from personal experience, the trebble hooks are more trouble then they are worth and will slow you down trying to get them unhooked or out of the net when the action is fast and the bite is on, i seldom have one come out easy. fish may not come off as easy but if you cant get your line back in the water right away then are you really catching more fish with it?

ps - i rig cocahoes the same but hook them thru the back end to swim around or thru the lips if its in current since it wont be swimming around much anyways.

dont know the right or wrong of it but its how ive always done it and it works well.

with a small treble hook or small shanked live bait hook i go through the horn method and with a 1/0 khale hook i go through the body starting from the underneath and out through the top in the middle of the tail where it bends. Both ways have worked equally well for me, but i seldom use live shrimp anymore.

I'll vary weights on the current, but under a cork split shots work well for me a few inches above the hook.

I use 25lb green trilene big game for trout but when going after reds,sheepshead and drum i'll go up to 40 or 50lb

keakar, So your saying take #2 hook&hook between tail&head where they meet w/hook pointing upwards toward the nose the Head right?

me

This is what i use for redfish etc this is not New Used its one

Orion13....on my cork riggin i use 40 lbs test leader 10-12 inch long 3/8 oz egg shot w/3/0 Carbon Steel Eagle Claw Lazer hook, that riggin i use for redfish Now i have caught some good trout on the same riggin its w/clip on Cork I know its Big Hook but on Reds,Drum,Sailfin Cats,Sheephead its works Strong.

Now i can rig each reel combo a different way which is what i do mostly, I have one rigged Carolina w/swivel w/3/8 oz egg sinker w/ 24 ft 20 lbs mono lead line w/treble hook can't member the size its either 2-3/0, Maybe go smaller i Know I heard some1 mention they used 6/0 treble hook w/Equalizer style cork w/ wire lead threw it 20 lbs test below cork 16-18' w/ Buckshot size weight w/live shrimp for Trout.

They only draw back on treble hook is removing it
and its like keakar said small trout he not gona make after treble hook hooks it