What Nico said.

As you found out you can get hook tangling on the 9 inch with 2/0 hooks. It's a tradeoff on hookup ratio vs. the occasional hook tangle. You can adjust your cast to lessen hook tangling. A smooth cast down wind that keeps the bait straight during the cast works well. Casting upwind will get you more tangling.

I did watch in horror one night when a teener ate Nico's bait and didn't get hooked because the hooks were tangled x( That was a 7 inch bait if I remember right and I'm thinking 1/0 hooks. That bass was ... huge.

On the other hand we've both caught many large bass using the 9 inch with 2/0 gammies with a better than average conversion ratio of fish hooked to landed :) When they smush it, just reel and sweep back to the side. You'll get most of your bites.

I own many hundreds of swimbaits and to this day absolutely none of them get bit better at night than my Slammers. Plus it's super duper fun!