asadi wrote:

Chuck, I'm not in a ggogling mood but it seems I recall this subject making
the rounds a few years back. However, around that time I had read an article
in a magazine, addressing this very subject.

Firstly, of the things I read, most did not address the use of hemostats - I
don't know that I've ever hurt a fish, no matter how deeply hooked, when
I've had my hemostats and indeed will not fish without them.

Anyhow the article summarized by saying that foul hooked fished did not
suffer the mortality one might expect. And that it might even be better to
leave a portion of line attached to the hook ( if the fish must be released
with hook) in order to help keep the hook from sliding crosswise in the
throat.

Yep, that's exactly what our F&W folks recommend. Snip the line and
leave the hook. It will corrode on its own, and it doesn't seem to
interfere with feeding.

I'm starting to wonder if this whole thread was spam, as our OP
seems to have disappeared altogether.


Chuck Vance (maybe he just quick corroded away)