07-02-2007, 06:15 PM
[angelic] Hi all,
For the most part I would like to fish "CPR" (Catch-Photograph-Release), but am not sure how to make the hooks on my assorted lures barbless. Do I bend the barbs and if so how? Are there commercially made barbless hooks that I could change to on the lures and if so do you loose many fish because of going barbless????? I use a lot of trout/crappie jigs and believe these are almost always barbless to start with. I am more concerned with the thomas bouyants, panther martins, and the kastmasters. Any help would be appreciated.
JD
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For the most part I would like to fish "CPR" (Catch-Photograph-Release), but am not sure how to make the hooks on my assorted lures barbless. Do I bend the barbs and if so how? Are there commercially made barbless hooks that I could change to on the lures and if so do you loose many fish because of going barbless????? I use a lot of trout/crappie jigs and believe these are almost always barbless to start with. I am more concerned with the thomas bouyants, panther martins, and the kastmasters. Any help would be appreciated.
JD
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