Question for the fishermen......

[Jason_of_Texas]

I have heard of alot of people who do this, you do lose more fish then normal especially if you do not have a good set.I leave them on b/c I rather be careful and increase boated fish,just my

[macjoe53]

I think using barbless hooks is more predominant of a practice with fly-fishers than rod n reel anglers on the gulf coast. Most fly anglers I know will keep a few fish but catch and release most of the freshwater trout and other fish they catch. Most anglers in Louisiana, for example, keep anything that is legal to catch up to the generous limit we have of 25 speckled sea trout.

[replicant_argent]

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010601/2231.html

[FlyerFanX]

Originally Posted by dawgboy

I have seen a first aid kit that removes a fishing lure if it gets into your skin? but don't remember were?

any help would be great! I wanted to get my father one for Christmas

Thanks

Cut it off - keep fishing - go to ER when done

[opus]

Here is one at Bass Pro Shops. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...=SearchResults

[WyoBob]

Originally Posted by dawgboy

I have never thought of that
Do you loose alot of fish doing that? are you just catching and relesing?
Randy

I lose very few fish. I generally give the fish some slack hoping they'll get themselves off. I keep a few fish, generally small brookies. (I'm fly fishing)

I've been pinching barbs for years even when I used to spin fish with lures, especially lures with lots of hooks. An old fisherman I knew did this and showed me his scars and told me how much it hurt. That convinced me. I even went so far to cut two barbs off each treble hook for and aft on some lures just to see what happened. (I sure wish I had some of those old lures with the original boxes. Hula Poppers, Jiggerbugs, those were the days

WyoBob

[MadAl]

Originally Posted by dawgboy

I have seen a first aid kit that removes a fishing lure if it gets into your skin? but don't remember were?

any help would be great! I wanted to get my father one for Christmas

Thanks

Get a wire cutters and antiseptics. Don't push the hook back into your skin/flesh. Push it out, cut the barb off, and remove. Get some antiseptic on it and see your doctor asap, emergency room if you dare.

[dawgboy]

Originally Posted by WyoBob

I lose very few fish. I generally give the fish some slack hoping they'll get themselves off. I keep a few fish, generally small brookies. (I'm fly fishing)

I've been pinching barbs for years even when I used to spin fish with lures, especially lures with lots of hooks. An old fisherman I knew did this and showed me his scars and told me how much it hurt. That convinced me. I even went so far to cut two barbs off each treble hook for and aft on some lures just to see what happened. (I sure wish I had some of those old lures with the original boxes. Hula Poppers, Jiggerbugs, those were the days

WyoBob

I do alot of trolling im going to try this with a few lures, now im just curious how this is going to work out

Randy