Crushing Barb's?

[Justin Boyle]

Just thought I would try and get a bit of a picture of what people out there are doing. My preference is to crush the barbs on my hooks. I reckon I have dropped one fish because of it. That fished wrapped itself around a snag and by the time i got the line out he was gone. Thing is I probably wouldn't have got the line back if he was still tugging away at it.

What does everyone else out there do?

In my opinion I would urge that everyone crushes their barbs so that they don't kill the fish pulling the hooks out.

Justin

[nath86]

I always crush my barbs, that away, when i get them caught in the car, on my clothes, or even in myself, they are easier to get out.
Probably helps the fish as well.

Cheers Nath

[n-fish]

why dont you just buy barbless owners ??

[landyman]

Originally Posted by nath86

I always crush my barbs, that away, when i get them caught in the car, on my clothes, or even in myself, they are easier to get out.
Probably helps the fish as well.

Cheers Nath

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Dont think Ive dropped a fish because of it.. barbs are for holding bait on

[Justin Boyle]

Originally Posted by n-fish

why dont you just buy barbless owners ??

Call me lazy.

[n-fish]

LAZY !!!!!!!

[Fisherman#1]

I always crush my barbs on trebles for bream, but not on single hooks for say SP's.

If I'm targetting fish that may jump (i.e. salmon) then I don't crush the barbs as they can be easily thrown.

[Shortlite]

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Crushing the barbs leaves a little "bump" that is enough to hold a fish, but makes unhooking a fish, yourself, your clothes or your landing net a little easier.

When jumpers are on the menu, like queenfish, barra and tarpon, the barbs stay on.