I see people fishing on L.S.L. using barbless hooks. Good idea in shallow water. I do see a lot of people fishing in 30+ feet and here the barbless is not so good. The barbless hook makes people pull the walleye up too fast, the fish is released with the air bladder in the mouth of the fish. 100% of these fish die, a barb might allow the angler to play the fish up slow enough that it might actually survive. The more resposible fishers do not angle in the deeper water but a great many do.
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