It means getting a quick photo is easier, or even better, not touching the fish at all is an option. Going barbless means that fish can easily be released whilst in the water or resting in the net, and you aren’t mucking around wrestling with the hook wasting precious time. Stick baiting is another good application where many fish end up deliberately released, and big kingfish flailing around with pair of trebles – six hook points – is a better proposition without barbs. You are in a feeding frenzy and you are going to hook big fish that you may intend releasing. Workup season in the gulf is a classic example of where using a barbless hook is just a better option all round. It took a mate, quite some time, and a good set of pliers to get this hookset out, and it still took too long as we went for a release They allow for easy and more successful release
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