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Old 06-23-2008, 08:57 AM   #2
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My understanding is that hooks in soft tissue are much more likely to be ejected by the fish's inflammatory response, than to rust out. I know that retained older style cadmium hooks were deadly for small striped bass, the absorbed cadmium caused renal failure.
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