Did you know it was the commercial and tribal fishermen that pushed for barbless hooks in the first place?
Micro,
With all due respect, where the hell did you get that idea, and what proof can you offer to validate your claim?
Barbless hooks (especially in salt water) are intended to make the release of undersized or non-targeted species
less traumatic and harmful to the fish. (when proper release techniques are employed of course) Many comparative studies have been conducted on hooking mortality using barbed/barbless hooks, bait/hardware etc...
It has been proven that a barless hook with no bait has the lowest occurence of mortality. (somewhere in the neighborhood of 3%) A search of this board will reveal many threads where this topic has been discussed in detail, and links to the studies were provided.
Do you think that using barbed hooks in salt water will
reduce the amount of shakers "skewered through the head'?
You appear to consider yourself one of the few that haven't been "brainwashed by the state", and that you are aware of some sort of monetary conspiracy perpetrated on sporfishers by the WDFW. On what evidence do you base this opinion?
If you honestly believe that all of the regulations concerning barbed/barbless hooks have no basis in science,
WHY then do you think they exist? (please provide SOME sort of tangible evidence, and please, not more of CFM's "common sense"
)
It's amazing how easy people are brainwashed.
Concerning your position, truer words could not have been spoken.
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