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broken rod:
 i really hate it when this happens i feel bad when i do it, i always tell my self they will live but do they im going to try out some of those circle hooks this year maybe i can cut down on this problem  :'(

jigginstick:
Maybe a more sensitive rod would help you detect the bite quicker and cut down on the fish having enough time to swallow the bait.

fishercat:
Started  to use circle hooks on senkos work great no more gut hooked fish at all.!!

suskymusky:
I also like circle hooks.They hook fish in the corner of the mouth every time.It takes a while to remember not to set the hook though.I read an article in Feb 2004's In-fisherman about getting hooks out of gut-hooked fish.     "1] Holding the fish by the lower jaw, look to see if the hook is embedded in the right or left side of the gullet(the shank of the hook will lie on the opposite side)If the hook is embedded  on the fish's leftside(shank on the right side), work through the right gill cover, and vice versa.If the hook eye is out of sight,give a light tug on the line and the eye and part of the shank usually emerge.2] Using your finger ,or a dehooking tool,reach in through the last gill arch on that side of the fish and pull on the eye so it rolls out below the gill towards the side of the fish.3] At that point the barb often pops free of the papery white throat tissue.4]Reach into the fish's mouth and grip the bend of the hook,which should be facing out of the fisf's mouth.5]Pull it free.If the fish's mouth is to small, use a needle nosed pliers to grab the hook bend.

sbfpa_Mike:
I always cut the line on a gut hooked fish.  The hook dissolves in 7 days and the fish lives.  I wouldn't want to attempt to try to remove a hook in the gut,  too risky unless I was going to keep it and I don't keep em.

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