A question for fellow Yak Fisherman. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

StinkyMatt · 06-13-2013, 06:39 AM

Some guys suggest fishing in gear, this prevents deep hook sets. This may or may not work for all applications but works quite often. If you worry about short biters while fishing with your reel in gear, run a stinger hook.

ful-rac · 06-13-2013, 07:58 AM

Just like was said cut close to the hook and release, at least some of these fish who get gut hooked actually do survive. I've caught many fish that were gut hooked and they seemed fine. The hooks eventually rust out after time.

06-13-2013, 07:58 AM	#2
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Just like was said cut close to the hook and release, at least some of these fish who get gut hooked actually do survive. I've caught many fish that were gut hooked and they seemed fine. The hooks eventually rust out after time. __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

06-13-2013, 06:39 AM	#1
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,169	Some guys suggest fishing in gear, this prevents deep hook sets. This may or may not work for all applications but works quite often. If you worry about short biters while fishing with your reel in gear, run a stinger hook.