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03-09-2007, 07:58 AM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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03-09-2007, 08:01 AM
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woody
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port St Lucie Fla.
Posts: 1,062
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I was thinking about it still up in the air  |
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a
Clipboard.
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03-09-2007, 08:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 186
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never did it. I don't catch many so those I do hook I want to land. lol
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03-09-2007, 08:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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When fishing a bluefish blitz (which is not that often) yes.
Hunting bass, no way. I use one trebble hook and a siwash tail hook (to reduce foul hooking), so there is little damage done.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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03-09-2007, 08:10 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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i always crush my barbs. go in fish easier- come out of fish easier- come out of me easier. i don't believe you'll loose fish if you play them well.....my .02
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03-09-2007, 08:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Westport, MA.
Posts: 560
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man, i don't think i could get past the fact of losing a 50lber. because of something i intentionally did to a hook, it's bad enough losing one to the unintentionals i do already. just my .02
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03-09-2007, 08:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 186
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It seems the barbs just work better. Can't argue with history or the need to catch and eat fish.
"As a general rule it appears that the most ancient hooks were made without barbs or any other refinement. The oldest hooks that have been found in Denmark and Norway indicate that only after thousands of years were they equipped with barbs, grooves, bulges or holes to facilitate attachment of the bait and line."
http://www.mustad.no/history/hook_history.html |
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03-09-2007, 08:44 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Nope! I ain't gonna lose the fish of a lifetime.....I have no trouble with barbs and have no trouble unhooking fish in a timely fashion!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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03-09-2007, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: trying for Truro
Posts: 583
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You shoulda started before you drilled that treble into your thumb in the middle of the blitz 2 Junes ago -
I've been dremel-ing mine off for about 7-8 years now
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