Crushing barbs
Aug 29, 2019 22:32:37 #
I’ve heard of people who crush the barb on the hook to make hook removal easier. I’m wondering if I will lose fish by doing that or if it really is a good idea to crush the barb. Note: I am not putting bait on the hook and the barbs that I’m thinking of crushing are the hooks on my lures.
Aug 29, 2019 22:49:17 #
OK. Think catch and release. The whole point of a barbless hook is to make it easier to release the fish without causing any further damage. Does it make it harder to bring the fish to net? Sure. But not a lot. Just keep pressure on the fish, keep your line tight and you should have no problem. But if you're going to keep the fish, what's the point?
Aug 30, 2019 01:24:31 #
If your killing fish or ripping the faces off you should consider it.
They say when they get off the hook it is a perfect release
They say when they get off the hook it is a perfect release
Aug 30, 2019 09:59:14 #
Where I live on some waters a barbless hook is mandatory and a penalty can be charged to you.
Aug 30, 2019 10:00:18 #
Where I live on some waters a barbless hook is mandatory and a penalty can be charged to you for not having it.
Aug 30, 2019 11:34:44 #
Tanglefoot
Loc: Brevard, North Carolina
Since I release all my fish, I always fish barbless. Do I lose some fish that a barb would have held on to? Sure, but they are usually smaller fish and I was going to release them anyway. The satisfaction of fooling the fish, feeling it tug on my line and then it self-releasing to fight on another day is great. I know of one fish I caught three times in one season. That's what I call successful recycling.
Aug 30, 2019 14:30:59 #
Tanglefoot wrote:
Since I release all my fish, I always fish barbless. Do I lose some fish that a barb would have held on to? Sure, but they are usually smaller fish and I was going to release them anyway. The satisfaction of fooling the fish, feeling it tug on my line and then it self-releasing to fight on another day is great. I know of one fish I caught three times in one season. That's what I call successful recycling.
crush your hooks if you are catch and release
bass fishin is a sport
and it makes you feel good
just to know that you gave that fish a chance to get off the hook
but landed him anyhow
Aug 30, 2019 15:35:13 #
When I am fishing waters where there is big and small trouts, I use barbless hooks. If I hook any small ones, it is easy to release them and let them grow and replenish the fishery.
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