leaving hooks in!

you know the story - cant get it out - dont want to kill the fish

ive heard leave it in and it will corrode away - i cant imagine that being great for the fish - possible infections etc.

steel hooks could take years to corrode

is it more than likely going to die in the near future anyway

i like to put a good % of my fish back - but if they are going to be a gonner in a day/week or two - id rather put them out of their misery

what are peoples opinions?

depends on what fish if is whiting = wallop and use as bait
most others would snip and slip back unless not kickin :cry:

yea i hear that

the small ones are gonners with the handling - suppose thats another thing - youve been messing around with their inner machinery - trying to get the hook out - their innards could be a mess if you do get it out with all the messing

maybe it is better to cut and let them off than to gouge it out

I have caught LSDs on several occasions with the remnants of a hook in their mouth. Didnt seem to bother them too much.

I just read in a Spanish forum that someone got a bass with a bit of line hanging from the anus. When he gutted it he found the rusty hook inside. It didn't seem to bother the fish though.

thanks for that

i use hooks that rust easily so if the hook doesn't come out i cut the line as close as possible, but i always try and remove the hook and carry a few disgorging tools, the easiest way is to strike early you may miss a fish or two but it saves doing surgery

What type of hooks rust away quickly?? and how long will it take to happen?? would kill us to use such hooks

theres still people running around with bullets in them for years and there doing ok :lol:

Samo,

That's exactly what I was thinking.....mind having a piece of mono hanging out your ass with a hook still attached is another thing....you wouldn't want to be around a joker in those circumstances :cry: :cry:

Tom.

my dog once had a length of string hanging from his i stood on it and he nearly took my foot off leason learned, never stand on a dogs second tail

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Tom.

lol.....the kamasan B700s and B940s rust away quite qulickly

get a gemini disgorger... its good for unhooking fish! helps get the hook out fast to avoid the fish being out of water for to long!

lol.....the kamasan B700s and B940s rust away quite qulickly

that's the ones i use, especially in the smaller sizes

Taken from sea-fishing. org

Gemini Disgorger

This is the one with a brightly-coloured plastic tee-handle, and a small stainless hoop at the bottom. I lose kit as often as anyone, at night or on boats, but when I lose one of these it gets replaced absolutely immediately. There's a knack to it - take the snood about a foot above the fish, engage the hoop on the line and slide it firmly down to the hook (even in the fish's throat). Hold the disgorger rock steady and pull the snood up, the hook bend is now in the hoop, now lift the device, shake once and your fish is unhooked by its own weight, from 4oz to 40lb. So: eels, no need to handle them and as long a you keep the snood high they won't tangle. Conger, keep yourself well away from those teeth. Mackerel, speed-fish them out as bait. Keep dogfish away from your arms to prevent abrasions. Catch-witness-release matches: put the whole rig and fish in a bucket of water, your neighbour holds the snood to measure, you release at the waterside, minimal fish handling and mortality. Floating plastic handles would cut down my costs a little, so only 8/10, but can't fathom why everyone doesn't use them.
Added: January 2nd 2007
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