Fish feel pain?????

[Guest ouachitabassangler]

You are not a traitor to other anglers admitting the possibility fish suffer pain from fish hooks. Being honest about the issue will do more for the sport than taking up a position subject to strong criticism. If you cite evidence bass don't suffer, you are better to also cite evidence they do suffer, showing a balanced approach with objectivity. I don't mind other anglers being upset over this. It's those folks desiring to end fishing that I beware of.

Jim

[janalon]

Gosh you would think the whole topic was written by fish themselves.

Yes they feel something.

So we jab a hook in our lips and pull the line taught and yell, ouch!

They feel pain, I know they do, cuz I just felt it.

And when I touch it it wiggles.

The topic itself is completly relative.

I'm gonna start a topic "Do bass feel rejected when we throw them back?"

[5bass]

Discussion is good, but topics like these bring out the worst in people. Is this forum usually like this?

No.There are a few threads that get out of hand after they have been up a while (like this one) and people just keep on opening different doors to fuel it along.

Until a bass can speak and give us a definitive answer to the title question,nobody knows 100%,one way or the other........its all speculation.

[Glenn]

8 pages of debate with no resolution and a lot of raw nerves.

Topic closed.