anything in past the start of the gullet is theirs.. and some odd foul hooks that are buried in bone or other hard areas that would/take longer than a minute to make any progress on.. i like to have dehooked and back in the water in under two minutes.
but circle hooks
( cant be promoted enough for chunkers) haven't had one deep hooked since the change over. had one unfortunate guy this year though. got it in the flesh just before the gills. came out plenty easy. but there was blood. not too bad... but we all know blood attracts the predators so even though he seemed healthy enough when he swam away odds probably weren't good for the lil fella. but like i said first incident with them since the switch over last year. i miss a couple here and there.. which could be user error or just because of how the hooks behave during the hooking process.. but missing a few is better than gutting a few.
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