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Gut hooked bass
I am looking for a solution for gut hooked bass. I have been using Gamakatsu live bait hooks when livelining. I get the pickup, wait a few seconds for the chomp/swallow and then I setup. The hooks work too well.
70% of the fish are hooked deep in the mouth. 50% of the deep hooked fish, the hook is not visible. Throwing plugs or casting flies in years past, I did not have this problem.
Bleeding bass drive me a crazy. I had a small keeper this weekend that I nearly pulled the stomach out its mouth. I love eating bass, however, I don't want to kill 1/2 the fish I hook.
Are circle hooks the answer? IMO, you need to pull the hook out of the bait and drive it home into the fish.
Please help.
Any advise would be great.
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