Barbed vs Barbless

[Parabuteos lad 878]

what do you use and why?

personally i only used barbed, this is because, believe it or not it is scientifically proven to be better for the fish. i also carried out this experiment in my fish husbandry course in school.

a barbless hook has the freedom to move around in the fishes mouth side to side and in turn causes a larger hole in the mouth. the barb acts as an anchor and prevents the hook from moving around, this creates a smaller hole than that of a barbless hook.

[gnipper 6,085]

Most places I fish only allow barbless. I don't find I lose too many fish due to them and they have the added benefit of coming out in the landing net and not getting stuck in the bloody thing.

[Quinny 100 3]

I only match fish, barbless only were I go,what about when you take the barbed out aint that were the fish get damaged

[Guest dances]

I use whichever i have to hand because to me it makes no difference

[Ossie n Arch 1,682]

I use barbed when/where allowed. You get better bait presentation with barbless though, rarely bursting a Maggot with one. But try ledgering a Worm with a barbless

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Yep, seen barbless move around a carps mouth .barbless are usualy the only ones allowed on most of my spots

[neilnbeanie 10]

I use barbed when/where allowed. You get better bait presentation with barbless though, rarely bursting a Maggot with one. But try ledgering a Worm with a barbless

 

 

It can be done quite easily mate, just push a small piece of elastic band on the hook after hooking the worm, holds it on nicely

Lots of people do think that barbed hooks are better because if you are hooked up to a big fish and the fight goes on for a while, barbless can come out and then rehook itself so some fish can end up with mutiple holes in their mouth. Personally i use barbed and crush it down with a pair of pliers, i think this gives the best of both worlds, Neil.

[Parabuteos lad 878]

so i think i would be right to say, the best hook is micro-barb?????

[frankie 2010 1]

micro barb all the way , good srong hook hold , ( confidence in nash fang twister ) , have seen barbless pull , slip and cause more damage almost tear mouths , but micro barb seems to hold pretty good !!!! and leaves a clean hole after removing !!!

[long dogs 580]

micro barbed for me barbless move around to much

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

All the spots I fish are barbless only, micro are not allowed.

[PeakOil 352]

Prefer barbed / micro barb personally.

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

I exclusively fish for Pike; I must admit that barbless hooks are the main feature in my box. Simply because if I do get a deep hooked fish I can remove the hook with minimum damage to the fish, yes it has happened in the past, not to often thank god, and I have no doubt that it will happen again, so with this in mind its barbless for me.