Which hook best for very heavy weed cover for flukes and speed worms

[CDMTJager]

Took my son out at sun rise to two of the best spots I know of accessible from shore to day to teach him what I know about fishing both weightless and weighted soft plastic flukes. It is an area with patches of lily pads with sub surface weeds that form lanes in between the pads. The weather originally predicted mild winds and mostly cloudy conditions. I awoke about 30 minutes prior to sunrise to 15mph sustained winds with gusts over 20mph and these winds would be blowing hard in our faces with a strong angle to our left.   I mostly didn't fish as I was to busy instructing him on the finer points of casting accurately in challenging winds. 

 

He did quite well first time out fishing SP flukes and only second time fishing SP's, had 9 bass hit his fluke, hooked six got four in. Also caught the biggest fish of his life so far a best guess 37" Northern Pike, I don't think you could've gotten the smile off his face with an axe. Unfortunately for my son, after we got the hook out of the pike's mouth, the pike wriggled violently and got out of his hands fell into the water and escaped before I could snap a picture with my phone. 

 

Only problem we had is the weeds are really thick now and we were using 4/0 Owner Screw Lock Lite hooks as and we were coming back with weeds to some degree on the exposed eye of the hook 8/10 casts.

 

Am planning on trying Zoom Speed worms next outing as my order of them arrived at my local Cabela's can not believe how my local Cabela's and BPS has been out of most popular soft plastics and the most popular soft plastics for weeks now. ONLY way to get the more popular soft plastics or their hooks is order online and pick up at the store. Literally no stores in my area have any makers speed worm and are out of 90% of the most popular colors for flukes.

 

I have some concerns about selecting the correct hook for Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed worms as I have seen and handled them and they are at least 2x as thick and any other worm I have ever used and I am concerned about the hook I use having sufficient gap between barb and shank to allow good hook penetration. 

 

Was wondering if anyone who fishes soft plastics specifically flukes and speed worms in VERY heavy weed cover can recommend a non screw lock hook that picks up as little weeds as possible but still has a hook up rate equal to my Owner and Gamakatsu screw lock hooks. Was thinking of trying what I have on hand 4/0 and 5/0 Gamakatsu G-Lock or Gamakatsu O'Shaughnessy Offset Worm Hook, and burying the hook eye 100% in the soft plastic, but am open to trying any hook that anyone has had very good over all success with hookups and remaining weed free.

 

It's gonna take my son a while to get over I was too slow to take that picture of his PB ever fish before it escaped. It was an absolutely beautiful northern pike.