Gut hooked Bass

[fliman1]

I caught a 20lb 36" fish when I was cleaning it,, I opened the stomac to my surprize was a hook! the hook was incased with layers and layers of a film!!!!! like a cotton candy machine put it on!!,,natures way of protected it's stomac ?thats all I could think of, the only way I could tell it was a hook, I seen a small pice of monofiliment line about 1/2" long coming from the mass,when I unravaled the finding it was a gold color hook, it was at least size 1 odd xlg gap and was never going to pass,,, what ever nature provided for protection was amazing, to me,,, after seing that I have no problem cuting the line of a gut hooked fish