Old pike angling books used to advise letting the pike take and run with a bait, waiting until it stopped, turned the bait in it’s mouth and then started to run again before the angler struck at any fish.
Thankfully this has now been proved to be completely unnecessary and just results in deep hooked fish that were often badly damaged during unhooking.
I have caught thousands of pike and I can’t remember ever losing one because of unhooking problems Joe. I don’t use trebles any longer, but do use two single hooks rigged pennel style if I am using a bigger deadbait.
I tend to use a single hook most of the time on small deadbaits and I strike as soon as I get a run. I miss the very occasional bite but much rather that than a deep hooked fish.