04-15-2014, 08:10 PM
Don, I'm curious about your thoughts on barbless waters where you are able to use lures. For sturgeon, you can buy most of the hooks barbless or grind them down ahead of time if you want. But what about other barbless waters where lures can be used, treble hooks, multiple single hooks, or even tiny flies that may be difficult to get the barb 100% bent down because they are so small?
I am not asking to antagonize, I was just curious in your thoughts on this because you seem to have looked into this (or at least thought about it) more than I have. Just an FYI, the only place I fish that requires barbless (at this point) is the snake for sturgeon. I usually however, try to bend down the barb at the fishing location. I have so many different hooks and just don't spend the time beforehand doing this for all of the various hooks I have (not motivated, or maybe too lazy at this point to spend that much time on it). I also carry a file that helps somewhat with any parts that aren't entirely bent down.
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I am not asking to antagonize, I was just curious in your thoughts on this because you seem to have looked into this (or at least thought about it) more than I have. Just an FYI, the only place I fish that requires barbless (at this point) is the snake for sturgeon. I usually however, try to bend down the barb at the fishing location. I have so many different hooks and just don't spend the time beforehand doing this for all of the various hooks I have (not motivated, or maybe too lazy at this point to spend that much time on it). I also carry a file that helps somewhat with any parts that aren't entirely bent down.
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