Good trip gone bad

[MathGeek]

I don't touch hardheads. I grab the hook with pliers and shake them off, or just cut the line and retie a new hook if they swallowed it.

Fishing for bull reds we use 7/0 to 11/0 hooks, so we don't catch many hardheads any more, especially the small ones with the sharpest spines, and they hardly ever swallow the hook.

[marty f]

Originally Posted by MathGeek

I don't touch hardheads. I grab the hook with pliers and shake them off, or just cut the line and retie a new hook if they swallowed it.

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me too, and I don't let the kids or wife even get close