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Lost Cajun · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject:

I carry a small pair of bolt cutters in the tackle bag so I can cut the hooks and leave as little behind as possible. Mine are about the size of a standard set of plyers. It comes in handy real handy dealing with sharks caught offshore.

Mark · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

If the studies were on bass, I am assuming it was freshwater which is WAY less corrosive than Saltwater. I doubt a small treble hook could last more than a month in saltwater but I of course have not done tests to find out for sure.

I initially started this post because of an event last week were a red had swallowed a 52 mirrolure which has 3 not 2 treble hooks. Unhooking fish with 3 treble hooks is very difficult if the fish has the lure in the mouth or throat. By time you get one hook released, you often imbed one of the other hooks. For this reason, I usually switch to jigs or even rattle traps that are easier to remove than the vicious 52/51 series mirrolures.

Thanks for all the replies! -Mark

Big John · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2647

They make these dehookers from ARC. I was watching Roland Martin, and he used one of these to reomve a suspending bait with trebles from a very large snapper they come in various sizes for various fish, and are designed specifically to quickly and safely remove deep gut hooks. The key is to get the loop around the other barbs of the treble and push down while twisting. Said fish swims away, your lures goes back to work:

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Mark · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject:

There was an old fishing video about 15-20 years ago called something like Gulf Coast Fishing (the highlight of the video was Captain Bill Sheka's client catching two 12 pound trout) where one of the guides kept an undersized fish because it was bleeding and he even said "you don't want to throw them back if they are bleeding". And what do you know, the game wardons stop him and never comment on it. Of course they probably just stopped him so they can be seen on the video.

Anyone else seen this video?

But I agree, better to throw the fish back and not worry about breaking the law...

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject:

More good info.

http://www.worldwideanglermag.com/issue6/Conservation/hookrust.php
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