wrote in message
oups.com...
Please realize I know nothing about fishing but my daughter wants to go
again. Since all the reds we caught were undersized and removing the
barbed hook seemed sorta traumatic for them, should I bend the barb
down? Will this greatly reduce the number she can actually land?


Why not go with barbless hooks as your subject (of the thread) suggests?

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