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Barbed Hooks? or Barbless

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:39 am
by Craiger9er
Hi, I'm fairly new to Muskie fishing, and my question is should I file the barbs off of my hooks or leave em on. I'll be practicing catch and release, and from the times I've been in Canada fishing for Northern's, de-barbing the hook was a lot easier than dealing with the barbs, but I don't wanna lose that big Muskie.....just curious what everyone else's thoughs are.

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:33 am
by Will Schultz
Easier than filing, is to smash the barb with a pair of pliers.