Many of the pros say that rather than try to disgorge the hook from a
gut hooked fish, to snip the line at or very near the hook. In time the
hook will rust & come out (or so I've heard) I had to do that with a gut
hooked 6 lb. + Smallie in Ortario, but it bothered me for a long time
afterward. It was on a single hook (lizard) & I saw no signs of a
struggling fish, so I can hope she made it okay. I'm sure she'd have
died if I'd tried to extract the hook. Carl