You have to fish commercial spoons and gear correctly.
A commercial fishers needs are somewhat different than sportfishers.
I have seen commercial guys get on a sport fishing boat fishing plastics (Hoochies) and only 2 rods when everyone and their dog including all the local guides were fishing Chovies with 4 rods including me and kick the crap out of everyone, limit out and pull rods and disappear when everyone else including me scraped for 2 Chinook.
The moral of the story is to use the right gear and the right place doing everything right consistently.
Painted spoons have been around for a long while...and when a Commercial Troller uses sport spoons ( some of them have and do invest in a box or two for specific fisheries) you know something good is happening....
I have lots of commercial gear and it works...sport gear sells well...and catches a lot of fishermen and fish too. Fish the right gear in the right places!