Barbless hooks

[D J Hayes]

The other major benefit of fishing barbless hooks from a tandem canoe or small boat is that an errant cast on a windy day accidentally impaling a partner is much easier to remove

 

[snapper]

Do you know this from experience???

Until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[lowangle al]

Barbless hooks paid off in this situation. This guy was able to remove the hook by himself, to my relief.

 

[PortageW/Cerberus]

100% barbless. Any lure with multiple trebles I remove the front one. Still catch lots of fish; much easier to release them. And not impaling myself when I am three days travel from an entry is nice too.

 

[lowangle al]

I do the same with my treble hooks. On some lures I'll remove one of the hooks from the treble. On my six inch floating Rapala I removed the front two trebles and one hook on the last treble and still catch fish.

 

[D J Hayes]

Do you know this from experience???

Until next time...be well.

Only too well. Painful experience. Thanks.

 

[Seeker]

I don't voluntarily use them, as I'm trying to catch fish. Almost every trout I've ever caught was hooked in the corner of the mouth. Bass and others seem to be the ones that swallow a lure whole. Trout seem far easier to release with minimal damage. But you've given me something to think about.

Where required, I have a separate tackle box that I made up for one specific trip to NC a few years back... bought dupes of some of what I already had and pinched the barbs off.