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Very interesting. I'll give this a chance if I should ever catch a big fish.
I'm usually so excited to get the fish out of the water that I never considered giving the fish a chance to recover from the fight before lifting her out of the water.
As I mentioned in another post, I'm getting into pinching down my barbs. I've found it does a lot less damage to the fish when you slide the smooth hook out without having to rip a barb back through the flesh. This is especially true when a fish is hooked deep in its mouth near it's gills and pharynx.
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