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Originally Posted by Serengeti Charters
While barbless makes it a heck of a lot harder to catch them, I've seen back before it was illegal the damage a barbed hook can do to a salmon, and when it comes to salmon fishing, barbless hooks definitely saves some fish! It's so easy to release them that there is little harm done, and you don't even have to touch the fish, big difference.
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Would you also say more fish get away and so from a sporting perspective...fewer fish get harvested than might of happened with barbed hooks?
There is a significant sporting component to this...it does mean you need to be a better fisherman to land the fish.