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DZ · 07-23-2003, 02:36 PM

Try crushing the barbs or better yet filing the barbs off the hooks you use. Even if the bass is gut hooked you may be able to slide your fingers into her gullet and turn the hook and it should slide out backwards.
DZ

07-23-2003, 02:36 PM	#6
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	Try crushing the barbs or better yet filing the barbs off the hooks you use. Even if the bass is gut hooked you may be able to slide your fingers into her gullet and turn the hook and it should slide out backwards. DZ
	DZ Recreational Surfcaster "Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit" Bi + Ne = SB 2 If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.