Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge - View Single Post - Dana Pt, 3-18-16

newportdogs · 03-18-2016, 10:34 PM

Thanks for the report. I need to try the Pipe. Given I release everything I catch I too feel bad about breaking off and leaving a hook in a fish. Whether I’m fishing in Newport Harbor, outside the harbor or at Catalina I pinch down/break off the barb on the hook. Gives the fish a better chance of shaking the hook if I break off and I don’t lose many on the retrieve because of that. If I do lose them it’s at the boat. If I snag the bottom there’s a chance I can release the bait as well without the barb.

03-18-2016, 10:34 PM	#9
newportdogs Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Newport Posts: 40	Thanks for the report. I need to try the Pipe. Given I release everything I catch I too feel bad about breaking off and leaving a hook in a fish. Whether I’m fishing in Newport Harbor, outside the harbor or at Catalina I pinch down/break off the barb on the hook. Gives the fish a better chance of shaking the hook if I break off and I don’t lose many on the retrieve because of that. If I do lose them it’s at the boat. If I snag the bottom there’s a chance I can release the bait as well without the barb.