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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
I agree if you can harvest a deeply hooked fish then that is best.
I have seen rusted out hooks and the fish was doing fine. Can’t say it happens all the time but in a catch and release fishery… it is the best option in my opinion.
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I could get into a long list of examples of what I have seen where it goes wrong and long before hooks rust but there is no point. I could even list all kinds of crazy injuries that I have seen fish survive. There’re is no absolutes
When you have no option for retention it’s one of the better options. I do the same if I have to. I only really have an issue when someone is repetitively releasing deeply hooked fish and doesn’t adjust tactics because the figure “it’s ok it will survive” even when odds a dramatically lower
Too many guys out there who don’t realize just because they swim away doesn’t mean everything is well