who here crushes their barbs??

[kippy]

I always crush the barbs when schoolie fishing and don't use trebles. When Ms. Big shows up it's open season!

[bloocrab]

...Very rarely do I crush barbs. If I'm targeting schoolies, I rarely use trebbles, single hooks only. When targeting an area with potential large...it's show time, and anything goes. However....if I'm fighting a fish for more than 4 minutes I cut the line. I'd hate to fatigue him so much that he doesn't recover. Sometimes I perform CPR on the fish also...on bigger fish it's much harder as their mouths are so much wider than my own. I almost lost my head once, he had a double jointed jaw...he had me looking like I'd been wearing a mask and snorkel for a week....ring around the face.

[JohnR]

Crushed for Schoolies and Blues but mostly uncrushed for bigger fish - been thinking though....

[ThrowingTimber]

This time of year. Definitely, crushed.

[Slingah]

I crush trebles for schoolies

[Steve K]

I crush the barbs on all tail hooks. I learned the hard way after a trip to the medical center on the block to get a hook removed from my finger. I don't use trebles on lures that I fish for schoolies. Just single hooks with the barbs crushed.