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08-16-2004, 03:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: South County
Posts: 1,070
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barbs on trebles
Do any of you crimp the barbs on your trebles?
Some of mine I do, some I don't---there's no reason behind which ones I do or don't smash in.
But last night I may have injured a small blue when i went to unhook it.  |
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08-16-2004, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
Posts: 1,228
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If I am primarily catching blues I do, or go single hook. Sometimes I will crush 1 or 2 on a treble. On surface plugs like pencils or polaris type I will often replace back treble with single.
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08-16-2004, 05:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Newburyport
Posts: 119
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I crush the barbs down on all of my hooks and I usually replace tail trebles with a single.
It works for me, fish are easier to release and if I hook myself I am easier to release.
One thing that I do pay close attention to is the sharpness of my hooks. I carry a file and keep the points very sharp.
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08-16-2004, 05:37 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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i crush the barbs on all my hooks, easier to release fish and humans.
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08-16-2004, 05:43 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
Posts: 5,205
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i crush small blues. does that count?
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08-16-2004, 06:02 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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Always crush barbs on hooks unless I'm fishin for Bonito/toonas
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08-17-2004, 06:37 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Always crush the barbs and never fish with a treble on the back. 6/0 Siwash dressed with bucktail and a couple of strands of Flash-a-boo
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08-17-2004, 08:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: cranston
Posts: 815
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Do you find you will lose fish easier by crushing the barbs? What is the proper way to do it?
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08-17-2004, 08:08 AM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
Posts: 2,909
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didn't notice loses of fish but more importantly, greater bigfish hook-ups. Crushing the barb and filing it sharp gives better mouth penetration (  ) and it is way easier to unhook, especially if it is YOURSELF.
But the consequence is the potential for a thrown hook because the fisherman blew keeping proper tension on the line.
adds to the challenge and helps with the unhook program.
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08-17-2004, 09:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,990
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there are some places I wouldnt fish with barbless hooks, esp. rock fields.
I may be different on sandy stretches, where you can just let fish run around
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08-17-2004, 10:40 AM
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Below Me
Join Date: May 2003
Location: low
Posts: 2,909
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good point Krispy.
what the fok do I know about rocks |
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08-17-2004, 01:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,692
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I crimp all barbs from april till the end of may when i'm catching more schoolies... but when the big ones show up i'll tend not to crimp, but if I do, it is the tail hooks and rear belly hooks. I never crimp the front belly hook.
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