Bending down the barb on a hook

[Team9nine]

Depends on the bait, the rod and the line, but with the proper setup and correct technique, it's not much of an issue most times.

[jr231]

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

I would think that a barbless hook would work well until the bass jumps . Correct me if I'm wrong .

 

Oh yea. One jump and shake of the head... Easily thrown. 

 

Still very possible to play the fish correctly and get her in though. 

[Bluebasser86]

9 hours ago, scaleface said:

I would think that a barbless hook would work well until the bass jumps . Correct me if I'm wrong .

Depends on the bait but as long as the line is kept tight, it's not much of an issue. I pinch the barbs down on a lot of my baits and it doesn't seem to change my landing percentage. 

[finatic]

Had a bass the other day swallow my senko. It was difficult getting it out and I felt horrible about hurting that fish. I finally did get it out and he swam away, but from now on I'm bending the barbs on my senko hooks. If it happens again it will be a lot easier getting the hook out of the fish. I like the sport and catching and fighting the fish, but I don't want to be hurting, injuring or killing them.

[tcbass]

On 3/22/2016 at 10:45 PM, MIbassyaker said:

I flatten my barbs most of the time. However many fish I lose with barbless hooks, I gain at least that many with easier hooksets and faster unhooking.  Barbs originally existed for holding live bait, not for holding fish.

 

I wonder what barbs on arrows were for........

[OkobojiEagle]

I've gotten beyond the need to handle each bass I catch.  I'm satisfied to bring it along the side of the boat, raise it's head and unhook it while still in the water.  Sometimes a bass will unhook itself... all the better.  I find the larger bass don't come unhooked as often as the dinks.  Filing the barbs off and touching up the points makes a good winter project.

 

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[JustJames]

I just lost two fish today on my WP110 de-barb all hooks after the fish jump. I'm gonna have to sharpen my technique more on that.

I will continue to de-barb all trebles hook and only hook used for Fluke.