Uncle Dave wrote:

Read this in the paper yesterday. No sources were cited:

University of Pennsylvania, did the research



"The National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame reports on research that
proves that fish do not feel pain. The jumping and pulling that fish do when
hooked is a response to a loss of free movement, not pain. Awareness of pain
comes from the cerebral cortex of the brain, and fish do not have it."

Let me put and hook in your lip,, I promise you would follow me around
like a bull with a ring in his nose, or a horse with a bit in his mouth

You would not pull against that pain, and make it worst, unless your
intelligence told you it was better to hurt, and get free,, none of the
lower mammals do this, even in a leg trap they wait until the limb goes
numb, before chewing their foot off

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
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