Save a fish - cut your leader

[ray j]

Today, while waiting out the thunder storm, I read the signs posted at the Bemus Point launch. One of them said "to save a fish, cut your leader." Assured you the hook would dissolve and the fish would be fine. WRONG.

Anybody have any pull with the NY DNR (or whomever is responsible for that sign)???? How about if we do a fund raiser to have new signs printed and posted at the launches, that say "Save a fish, Cut your hook!" I know we know better, but the non-musky fisherpeople don't. Can we take that sign down without going to jail???

[zach]

I have never seen that one. I bet 80% of all those guys out there are not capable of even cutting a hook to save a fish if they wanted to. They just don't carry the right stuff.

[Nalod]

I remember the first time I had to cut a hook...we had Rapala hook cutters on the boat. When we cut the hook, the hook cut off along with the one side of the cutter breaking in half!

--Joe

[zach]

I can remember cutting split rings before I got the metal chopper to get hooks out.

[YodaMage]

Interesting read:

http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/manns ... _out.shtml

[NitroMusky]

glad I usually wear shades...i could see having to extract the hook point from my eye, given the velocity on some of those hooks when cut

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