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Originally Posted by huntsfurfish
Id really like to see how you are unhooking a fish that it would cause such damage! Could also be your handling, but I will give you an out, was it a trebble hook by chance? Then yes, I have seen damage done.
And yes, I have and do release them successfully.
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How can you assume he has poor handling skills? Even a tiny barb on an 8 inch trout can cause damage to the jaw. If you're going to release a fish (not sure why you'd be using a barb... BUT if you did), you're going to want to remove the hook quickly and release it quickly. I'm going to assume you haven't used barbs very often or you haven't used them on small trout. Yes, you can release trout with barbed hooks safely, but sometimes it gets stuck in a soft place around the jaw and any bit of pressure on an 8 inch fish can causes damage that a non-barbed hook wouldn't have done.