Barbless Hooks: For those of you who practice catch and release, why not switch to barbless hooks and replace trebles with in-line single hooks? Seems like the right thing to do if we...

tblutton1

For those of you who practice catch and release, why not switch to barbless hooks and replace trebles with in-line single hooks? Seems like the right thing to do if we want the fish we catch to survive. Tom Lutton

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Many already do, thanks!

Chuckay Loc: Central Florida

tblutton1 wrote:

For those of you who practice catch and release, why not switch to barbless hooks and replace trebles with in-line single hooks? Seems like the right thing to do if we want the fish we catch to survive. Tom Lutton

Hopefully fisherman's has already done that, I look at it as I'm going to release the fish anyway so what if he jumps a few times and gets off🎣 I've already out smarted him by getting to hit a artificial bait 😂
Chuck🙏

MarkW1257 Loc: Murrysville, PA

I press down or file off the barbs of the hooks on most of my lures and flies. Another thing I’ve been doing for a long time is removing the center treble hook on any lure that has three treble hooks such as a long bodied Rapala minnow plug. Three hooks just seems like overkill to me. I miss a fish once in a while but that’s okay with me.

fishyaker Loc: NW Michigan (Lower Peninsula)

Your post is a nice reminder for those that do practice C & R fishing that the less harm the better in terms of hooking fish. Another important reminder is in just how a fish is handled once caught. Be sure to wet your hands before touching a fish, and "easy does it" overall during the release process.

Most lures behave well once trebles are switched out, and you'll hardly notice any difference when deploying them....

These single hooks work great on any lure that has been switched out. I am confident that there are other choices to be made as well.

A old "Lazy Ike" lure converted via the use of small snap rings and a pair of single hooks.

Chuckay Loc: Central Florida

fishyaker wrote:

Your post is a nice reminder for those that do practice C & R fishing that the less harm the better in terms of hooking fish. Another important reminder is in just how a fish is handled once caught. Be sure to wet your hands before touching a fish, and "easy does it" overall during the release process.

Most lures behave well once trebles are switched out, and you'll hardly notice any difference when deploying them....

If everyone would treat the fish like my wife does, she said everyone should hold their breath untill you put the fish back in the water 😂

NorthMoccasin Loc: SW Virginia, sometimes east central Florida

Actually. A great deal of research has been done concerning differemces in mortality in fish caught on barbed and barbless hooks. Study after study could find no significant difference on mortality neyween the two types of hooks. WHERE the fish was hooked (lip, roof of mouth, gills) was FAR more important. Fish hooked in the gills or roof of the mouth han much higher mortality than lip hooked fish. Lures that were less likely to be swallowed showed lower mortality rates, even lures with multiple trebel hooks. Barblrss hooks DO make it easier to unhook and relase fish.

smitty Loc: maine

tblutton1 wrote:

For those of you who practice catch and release, why not switch to barbless hooks and replace trebles with in-line single hooks? Seems like the right thing to do if we want the fish we catch to survive. Tom Lutton

h8 trebles

smitty Loc: maine

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ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

NorthMoccasin wrote:

Actually. A great deal of research has been done c... (show quote)

Interesting, thanks

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

fishyaker wrote:

Your post is a nice reminder for those that do practice C & R fishing that the less harm the better in terms of hooking fish. Another important reminder is in just how a fish is handled once caught. Be sure to wet your hands before touching a fish, and "easy does it" overall during the release process.

Most lures behave well once trebles are switched out, and you'll hardly notice any difference when deploying them....

Those are the ones I use on my lures, barbless hooks also make it easier to remove hooks from clothes , truck seats, and body parts.

Golldenboy1965 Loc: Morehead city nc

It's great to see so much good sportsmanship in all you folks ..pass your wise information to items who don't know

Wade Irwin Loc: Norfolk, Va

Barbless hooks would have been great last Monday when a crazy, flopping bluefish drove one of the treble hooks into my left hand when I was trying to release him. Ripping those things out was not fun!

Golldenboy1965 Loc: Morehead city nc

Ouch ....that shit hurts

Antony Scaramozzi Loc: King George, VA

I'm try to find barbless shanked hooks whenever possible, even though I only release that don't meet the terms for keepers, or I have achieved the limit, or my quota. I don't often lose a fish once hooked, but even if, it doesn't hurt.