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Originally Posted by Hooked07
So far this year I have personally lost over 50% of fish due to barbless through the ice and I'm damn sick of it!!!
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At first I was a little skeptical of going barbless. Now after doing it for several years, I am 100% for it.
As for losing 50% of your fish, that’s the operator not the equipment. You have to learn to fish with barbless hooks. I land as many fish with barbless hooks as I did with barbed hooks. Last year alone I landed over 2000 fish. I would say that my loss was less than 3%.
Oh yeah when you stick a hook in your jacket or something else it sure is a h&ll of a lot easier to get out compared to a barbed hook.
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Originally Posted by Hooked07
This whole mortalilty issue is for the birds, I don't recall seeing dead fish floating everywhere when barbs were legal so what gives?
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As for the mortality thing being for the birds give this a try.
- Take two identical hooks.
- Pinch or remove the barbs on one hook.
- Stick the barbed hook ¼ inch into your right thumb and then pull it out.
- Stick the barbless hook ¼ inch into your left thumb and then pull it out.
- Tomorrow tell us which one you though felt better coming out.
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Originally Posted by Hooked07
I will be going back to good 'ol barbs with my snippers in my pocket at the ready, damn, I just lost my hook sir?!  |
Oh yes that’s the mature responsible thing to do. Good on ya!
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Originally Posted by mooseknuckle
Rules are Rules play by them or go home I say.  |
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