Hooking a fish in the top of the mouth and out thru the eye

On August 11, 2017 at 3:47 AM, NHBull said:

Like mentioned above.....I use a lot of light wire hooks and if one goes thru the roof of the mouth and out the eye, I use small bolt cutters to cut the shank and pull from the barb to remove.  Works like a charm.  Also, if this happens on an average size fish, drop down a hook size.

9" compound lineman pliers will cut any hook up to 11/0.

The key is not to hook a bass through the eye, that is very rare event for me. The wide gape 4/0 hook is too big for the vertical lure presentation, a shorter 3/0 hook will resolve the problem.

Tom