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Barbless is definitely the way to go. I think hooksets are even more efficient, because there's less surface area to jam through that jaw. Whether you pinch it down or grind it, leave a little nub of steel to help hold the hook in. Regardless, you'll kill a fish now and then, just the nature of the sport. I've kept two bass in the last ten years. One was foul-hooked deeply in the side with a barbed hook and took way to long to get the hook out. Another was a 46" fish that I landed in brutal surf on a rocky coastline, beat both the fish and myself halfway to hell.
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