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Originally Posted by Lola Marlene
Went out Thursday morning and had 3 pull downs. Got one fish to the boat and it got away, the other ywo got away half way to the boat. I was just south of the bridge and it was rough. Did not run the planner board, just ran 4 lines off the boat. Going to try again Monday.
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We've had a few get off this year and I can blame a couple on the hooks, but at least a few were simply from the fish short striking the lure and barely getting the hook in the corner of its lip. Of course it's a whole lot easier to release the fish too.
At least you got to see one of your fish.
I'm about 50/50 on a love/hate relationship with barbed hooks right now. On one hand I've lost a few fish, and on the other hand....well I caught my other hand pretty damned good with a barbed hook last year.
Here's an old thread about it, and some good advice on removal of hooks:
http://www.cbangler.com/showthread.php?t=1428