I wasn't gonna, but I will pipe in as well. I will use single barbless hooks now and for forever. So will my kids (at least I hope so). Even when I fish out of country, where barbs are legal, I am pinching them down or filing them off. It is so much easier to release the fish. I missed a barb earlier this year and I felt real bad pulling that hook out of that poor fish. I don't think that one made it and it was the first for me in a long time that did not swim away with ease. I do object to ticketing when the fisherman has made every effort to remove the barb. I was threatened once for this. Stinking barb broke off and left a tiny edge that the fisheries guy got quite rude about. I grind all my hooks now with a dremel before leaving the house. It is more sporting and much easier on the fish. Of course, only my humble opinion.
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