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Also, with bait, make sure that the hook point is EXPOSED.
Specifically with circle hooks, a unexposed hook point can lead to lost fish or gut hooking (after you've lost a few fish to them seeming to "spit out the bait").
When using mack or pogie, the head should NEVER be disgarded.
Hook it through the nose.
For fish chunks, if you use a large enough hook, try to get the hook as close to the backbone as possible.
As for clams, the foot is the "filet mognon" of the clam, while the neck and the attaching muscles are tougher. The belly is just a mushy mess that even the smallest hermit crab could tear apart.
Don't forget squid, eels and of course ANY LIVE BAIT.
Live lining a mack, pogie or hickory shad can provide some entertaining events when the fish are hungry.
Good luck!
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