Mate i find that the Spinnerbait is hard to go past,, The bigger the blades the better,,, In black & red or black & gold Purple works well to & put a plastic on it as well..
Don't have to upgrade hooks but its not a bad idea to put a stinger hook on...Or almost any diving lure will do the job (up here in the rivers we use shallow diving big bodied lures)..
20lb is good enough for the rivers but i like to use 40lb up here at Copeton in case i get that metery i'm after..
Where are you heading???
Cheers Baz