All large fish that might break you have toughish mouths,also with the semi beaked shape of many hooks today they have holding powers by design...
Yes and because there is no barb they keep going forward, deeper into the flesh.
That poor fish had braid trailing from the hook which i'd removed before taking the pic.
It's face was swollen to three times of what it should have been and was badly disfigured forthe rest of it's life!
Why are you using your hand as bait Ian.........................
Bb, i'd run out of maggots .
Brings a new dimension to fishing at arms length......................