Originally posted by 4Salt:

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Did you know it was the commercial and tribal fishermen that pushed for barbless hooks in the first place?


a good example would be the springer fishing on the columbia, why can you use barbed hooks ?, could it be that they have a greater mortality and would get the sport season over sooner so the commercial clowns can go out ? wouldnt the season last longer if the impact on endangered fish was less ?