bend your barbs?

[bbboats]

if your fishing wood and bluefish hit  i like to bend my barbs down, -----most guys think thay will loose a fish, but your doing the fish stock a favor, ------------are you pinching yours down?

[numbnuts]

yep! easier to release fish.

[bruce.campo]

always -

[Salty]

ALWAYS crimp barbs

[handyman]

well ill bend the barbs when im trout fishing........but most and just about all my lures and plugs have single hooks for just that reason when those toothie buggers  r around single hooks are easy to bop that fish back into the ocean for next time..........but do to the fact that not only am i fighting a decent size fish im also working with the ocean current and the waves to play that fish.............so im sorry guys i do admitt  i dont bend my barbs.......yes trout fishing  is one thing............but my barbs are up like my tallywacker

[Saltyshop]

I'm a big supporter of barbless fishing. As long as you keep pressure on the fish you won't lose it. The only fish I ever fish for with barbed hooks is bonito and tuna. They run too fast to keep up with.

[Peterjay]

 I bend all my barbs down - I've never noticed an ounce of difference as far as losing fish goes. It also makes it a lot easier to remove a hook from impaled human body parts. Salty, I've been using nothing but barbless circle hooks for tuna since 1998, and I've never had a fish spit the hook even once. Once they're on they're on.