Lets see some of your tomics

[Mike park]

We run 30 plugs a side on the troller for 5 - 6 weeks every year.
I only pull the pins on those that lose their swivel for the hook.
Most still have the ring attached to the tow bar.
Little trick when that is the case. Each ring will have a bump where the ring was welded together.
Tie your line exactly opposite of that bump so the tow bar rides on the bump itself.
This makes the plug's action erratic which in turn generates more strikes.

Cheers,
Nog

Great tip thanks I'll give it a try.. I have a few with rings some without .
On those without the ring attached . I tie several knots on the tow bar below the leader knot to change the pull angle.
I always fish my plugs with the tow bar intact first and see if they fish without touching them, change knot angle or then try pulling the pin

 

[Matt16]

I recommend pulling the pin and running tandem 4/0 octopus hooks for the simple reason that factory hooks on Tomics cause excessive bleeding and tandem 4/0s don't. Pin-pulled Tomics fish really well in my experience. I think there is more action at 2.5 mph (ish) than with the toe bar, even with the false knot and the leader tied to the top of the bar.

My landing ratio is about the same with tandem 4/0s.

 

[Aquaholic]

I recommend pulling the pin and running tandem 4/0 octopus hooks for the simple reason that factory hooks on Tomics cause excessive bleeding and tandem 4/0s don't. Pin-pulled Tomics fish really well in my experience. I think there is more action at 2.5 mph (ish) than with the toe bar, even with the false knot and the leader tied to the top of the bar.

My landing ratio is about the same with tandem 4/0s.

A common reply on the stock hooks, bleeding or eye damage.

 

[Derby]

These slayed in the days...

 

[Aquaholic]

These slayed in the days...

Pilchard effect, I bought a bunch off a west coast guy recently, he put his own dots on his plugs to match what you have.

 

[Derby]

whaled on the chinooks with these ones... These plugs start the whole Kentic tape plug series.. RVP and myself got these custom built back in the
day... Still work great today...

 

[nootkaassassin]

My Grandfather was a commercial troller and gave me a handful of the #715 about 20 years ago.
They where a very successful pattern for him. The #715 was one of the few that was a total fluorescent (UV) plug back in the day.
Here are a couple under UV light

 

[Derby]

A they are still on the top of the list