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Originally Posted by diamond k
Can you please provide reference to your claim or better if you could post this study. There is no way this is true and would like to see what data was used to come to this conclusion.
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OH boy. Around the time that they changed the barbless law here in Alberta there were a lot of so called experts talking about the pro's and con's of the new law. Some were simply experianced anglers and guides, and some had an educational or scientific background. I clearly remember watching a video that had a fish biologist say that there was a much higher mortality rate when using a barbless hook. He sounded pretty solid and knowledgeble and made a very good case.
I'm sure that like anything else, you could find an "expert" to argue both sides of this issue, but I will add that I have personally found that fish are more often lip hooked with a barbed hook and easier to release. I will stick with barbed hooks as long as they are legal.