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One more thought for you is this. Last week when mom and dad where here. Mom caught 2 fish with hooks in them. One had a 12 inch steel leader attached to a 50 lb test mono leader with a snap swivel and a hook in its belly which it was already passing thru its anal area, and the fish was very healthy and still eating. The hook was starting to rust, so I think that eventually it would have passed also.
The other fish had a hook stuck in it's jaw witha leader attached on the outside of the fish, so it was most likely broken off during the fight. This fish also was feeding well.
As far as hooking fish deep. When that happens to us. We don't lift the fish by the leader, we grab the fish by the jaw and cut the line off as close to the hook as we can and release the fish ASAP in hopes that the hook will rust and the fish will be fine. We have gill hooked 2 fish this year pretty bad. Got the lure out of the fish and held onto him until he swam away. Whether or not he made it will will never know for sure. But that's the chance you take and hope it is OK.
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