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Lord Paul of Sheffield

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…. that when you land a fish the hook will come out of the fish's mouth after you have it safely in the landing net?
Is it the fact that once the fish is in the net the pressure is of the line as it goes slack, thus causing the hook to come loose from the fish's mouth?
 
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Honestly I have had the hook come out the second the fish is in the net? But I just assumed it was, as you say, because the line had gone slack!
 
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The hook can also get tangled in the mesh and pull the hook free
 
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I would be more interested to know why the hook comes out of the fishes mouth just BEFORE you get it in the landing net!:confused:
 
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balalur said:
I would be more interested to know why the hook comes out of the fishes mouth just BEFORE you get it in the landing net!:confused:
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When I was a kid it was a treat to go night fishing for eels with my cousins and their dad.
Any eels landed were invariably deep hooked and we would un-clip the trace and retain them in a covered bucket until we went home. The odd thing, and something I've never been able to work out, is how they nearly always managed to shed the hooks and we would find them in the bottom of the bucket.
 
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That is still the recommended method of unhooking eels. Poking around with forceps and disgorgers will do them more damage. They can rid themselves of the hook pretty easily in most cases.
 
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