Salty's Forum
General Category => Saltwater Forum => Topic started by: bbboats on November 06, 2010, 05:56:29 PM
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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????
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yep! easier to release fish.
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always -
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ALWAYS crimp barbs
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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 :D
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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.
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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.