I need some information. I hooked a salmon today and fought it for around
10 - 15 minutes. I was fishing a swift river using salmon eggs and a float.
(The fish got away)

A short discussion came about to the proper size of a hook for the salmon. I
was using a 2/0 snell hook. I did have the salmon to around 5' from my
location and would guess it to be between 20 - 30 pounds.

So... What would size hook would you use?