I'm not sure if you have already checked out the Big Hammer site, but they have an article about trap-rigging them for short strikes. Mainly it talks about how this would help while trolling the smaller BH's for trout but I don't see why this would'nt work with the bigger baits for bigger fish.

Here's a couple links....

http://www.calfishing.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=3&topic_id=12192&mesg_id=12192&listing_type=search

http://www.swimbait.com/techniques/index.html