"Jack Schmitt" wrote in message
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I would like to know how many in this group have caught fish with a hook
that had been left in place. What shape was the fish in?? Where was the
hook located??

Would this count?

My eldest son and I were fishing a local irrigation reservoir when he
snagged some discarded fishing line with a gold spoon. After pulling in
about 15 feet of 10-12 pound line, he found a 12 inch Rainbow trout deep
hooked ( not quite gut) on the heavy line along with a one ounce sinker.

We cut the line and released the trout. He'll save the sinker for catfishing
in the river.

VBG

Budd