With a barbed hook you can have a lot more fun bringing in a fish, and I'm sure its a lot less stressful on the fish. With a barbless hook, you have to water ski the fish in, or you may loose the biggest fish ever. You can't bring a big fish up from over 18 feet and not hurt his chances of survival, but with a barbed hook you can take your time and bring the fish up slowly. I think making this a law is just another money grab for government. Most of us would fish barbless or with barbs, depending on what and where, but the government likes to think they are the only ones capable of making such decisions.
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