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03-09-2007, 08:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,267
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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: 8,667
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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, 08:47 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Gloucester, MA
Posts: 404
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Been crushing the barbs on trebles for a number of years now. Leave the single hooks as is.
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03-09-2007, 08:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,036
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Never when bass fishing...thats when the fish of a lifetime will hit...
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03-09-2007, 08:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
Posts: 1,025
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Yes on all tail hooks of plugs and all of the hooks on plugs that I use to catch schoolies at the beginning of the season.
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