Also - what hooks did you end up with and do you have any feedback on the size you used combined with the bait?

Got beat badly today by my 10 year old. He caught 9 fish (4 pompano, 2 blue fish, 2 lady fish, and a needle fish). I caught 4 lady fish. Apparently, float color matters a lot because he was getting bit and that was the only significant difference. Same line, same bead, both were rigs I tied. If anything I had superior equipment because he was using an old rod and reel that the owner of the place we are staying had in the shed and said we could use. It was really old and the handle was loose. I was casting for both of us so distance was similar. Green/yellow float was better than orange/yellow today. I tied a new rig for myself this evening and tied him a fresh one because it was getting rough so tomorrow we'll both have green/yellow.