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Judgment call. If I was fishing herring and landed one like Rich has there.....it would depend on how the fish was hooked. If it took the bait deep and was showing any blood, I'd feel obligated to bonk it. If it was hooked in the jaw, and wasn't bleeding, I'd most likely turn it loose and hope to hook up with a bigger one.

When the silver fishing is hot up there, we don't even use herring, and go to a single barbless.....that way you can catch fish until it's stupid, and not have to worry about them getting badly hooked.

You'll have to make that call yourself. wink
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