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Originally Posted by Bohica
That brings up a good point. Why doesn't MD require non-offset circle hooks during trophy season like DE does? You gotta wonder how many fish are thrown back with NO chance at recovery each year. Someone once told me that the mortality rate was somewhere around 40%...... |
yeah, 40%, thats high
Bob, Im not sure if I've ever seen a circle-hook on a jig/lure
not sure it would have helped in this case ne-way
also I forget 2 things, most importantly, is the lure thats in the above pics is what I caught it on and it had a 3rd "trailer" hook on it, which I left in the fish because it was burried and I just crimped the barb on the second hook so the "eye" of the trailer would slip off. I never even noticed that the Jig had 3 hooks on-it and I will make Damn- Sure We NEVER Drag a 3 hook rig again
second, we makred ALOT of bait and we fished in "slicks" ALL DAY. water temps were 52* in the AM and upto 56* by mid-day
