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24kGold
11/27/2017 08:30AM
 
quote Captn Tony: "quote Minnesotian: "quote Kiporby: "quote Frenchy19: "quote zski: "seems a fair number of those who use barbless where required end up continuing to use barbless where not required. i'm in that camp "
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mutz
11/23/2017 03:58PM
 
quote QueticoMike: "It is just heart breaking when have on a big fish and it jumps and throws your lure and can't help but to wonder if that fish might have stayed hooked with a barb. I know it is nice not to have a barb when the hook goes through your finger, but I am willing to take that chance. Understand the risks and be careful while landing a fish that is hooked with a barb."



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Captn Tony
11/23/2017 06:52AM
 
sorry a screwup!!
 
Captn Tony
11/23/2017 06:54AM
 
quote Minnesotian: "quote Kiporby: "quote Frenchy19: "quote zski: "seems a fair number of those who use barbless where required end up continuing to use barbless where not required. i'm in that camp "
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MichiganMan
11/25/2017 11:38AM
 
Initially I hated the idea of barbless when they first changed the regs. However, over the years I've come to respect it. I'd say we lose a handful of fish each trip that we would have landed with barbed hooks. Because the fishing is so good in the Q, those few lost usually aren't a big deal. When catching and releasing, it definitely makes it easier to get the hooks out and the fish back in the water quickly. It also helps avoid the issue of a barbed hook deeply embedded into one of us. That said, when I'm fishing in Michigan or anywhere else, I still use barbed hooks.


I still struggle with the live bait ban though. Minnows- I get that, we don't want exotic species introduced. But there was nothing better than sitting around the campfire in the evening while catching numerous walleye on leeches/bobbers. I've tried that with Berkley Gulp leeches, and it just isn't the same as a live leech.
 
Minnesotian
11/20/2017 01:27PM
 
quote Kiporby: "quote Frenchy19: "quote zski: "seems a fair number of those who use barbless where required end up continuing to use barbless where not required. i'm in that camp "
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QueticoMike
11/20/2017 01:52PM
 
I still like to use barbs when possible.
 
Jackfish
11/20/2017 03:47PM
 
quote QueticoMike: "I still like to use barbs when possible. "
What Mike said.
 
timatkn
11/22/2017 07:47AM
 
Both have advantages and disadvantages but prefer barbs myself...except when in the Q of course.


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QueticoMike
11/22/2017 09:05AM
 
It is just heart breaking when have on a big fish and it jumps and throws your lure and can't help but to wonder if that fish might have stayed hooked with a barb. I know it is nice not to have a barb when the hook goes through your finger, but I am willing to take that chance. Understand the risks and be careful while landing a fish that is hooked with a barb.
 
Kiporby
11/20/2017 10:30AM
 
quote Frenchy19: "quote zski: "seems a fair number of those who use barbless where required end up continuing to use barbless where not required. i'm in that camp "



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Frenchy19
11/17/2017 06:40PM
 
quote zski: "seems a fair number of those who use barbless where required end up continuing to use barbless where not required. i'm in that camp "


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Jackfish
11/15/2017 09:19PM
 
The only barbless hooks required are the ones tied to your fishing line. All others can be left barbed until needed.
 
drrick
11/13/2017 05:59PM
 
Quetico requires barbless hooks. So can you have barbed lures in the tackle box for use later on in the trip back on the good old USA side?
 
Lotw
11/13/2017 06:23PM
 
Correct
 
mutz
11/13/2017 09:41PM
 
After a couple of quetico trips, I now have a box of pinched barb hooks in multiple sizes that I can just switch out when I'm there.
 
zski
11/14/2017 03:22PM
 
seems a fair number of those who use barbless where required end up continuing to use barbless where not required. i'm in that camp