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Originally Posted by ecduzitgood
Another point I have yet seen addressed when it comes to catch and release, which to me also means the overall well being of fish that escape capture or break off. Stainless steel hooks. Don't get me wrong I do eat several fish each year and to be totally honest if I couldn't eat them I wouldn't fish for them, I feel no need to harass a fish I can't eat. Why do people who profess to care so much about the striped bass use stainless steel hooks at all? I also wonder why people fish gear that is not matched to the potential size of the fish being pursued especially when using a stainless steel hook. I can understand that both fly tying and eel rigging require effort/time to produce a bait, but when the people fishing the stainless hooks are doing it with line that isn't up to the challenge of a 50# or larger fish I can only shake my head and wonder what are they thinking.
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We reuse riggies over and over, we need hooks that won't become brittle and rust out. I'd say out of everything I fish a riggie with a 8/0 ss mustad does the LEAST damage to fish. Who did you run into last night that was fishing with trout gear and ss hooks for stripers?
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