10-18-2007, 07:03 PM
[cool][#0000ff]That is what some of us refer to as ANN...another nice notion. The lowest quality bronze hooks may eventually dissolve, if they are in the stomach of the fish. But, more often the fish grows tissue around them. Stainless hooks will outlast the natural lives of the fish in many cases, especially if they are lodged in the throat and do not come in contact with the corrosive stomach digestive juices.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Like others have expressed, I have caught more than a few fish with line trailing out of the "nether regions". And, in some cases, the line looked like it had been there for a L-0-0-0-N-N-N-G-G-G-G-G time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the flip side, I have caught fish on bait that were hooked deeply, and cut off the line before putting them into my fish basket. Later, when taking the fish out, I have seen the bait and hook at the bottom of the basket...regurgitated by the fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If one is using bait, circle hooks or single barbless hooks are going to be easier to remove than trebles with aggressive barbs. But, as Bassrods points out, any fish released...even with a hook in its innards...has a better shot at survival than one in the freezer.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Like others have expressed, I have caught more than a few fish with line trailing out of the "nether regions". And, in some cases, the line looked like it had been there for a L-0-0-0-N-N-N-G-G-G-G-G time.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the flip side, I have caught fish on bait that were hooked deeply, and cut off the line before putting them into my fish basket. Later, when taking the fish out, I have seen the bait and hook at the bottom of the basket...regurgitated by the fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If one is using bait, circle hooks or single barbless hooks are going to be easier to remove than trebles with aggressive barbs. But, as Bassrods points out, any fish released...even with a hook in its innards...has a better shot at survival than one in the freezer.[/#0000ff]
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