Am looking for a cheap tool that can cut hooks and crush hook barbs or another tool that can crush hook barbs

Buy a pair of Rapala side cutters. Mine work fine. 
 

Buy Klein Electrical side cutters. Cost more $$$ we’ll made. 

Rapala side cutters for

electric side cutters to expensive for me right now 

9 hours ago, Esox pro said:

Am looking for a cheap tool that can cut hooks and crush hook barbs or another tool that can crush hook barbs

Cut hooks:

 

https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/pliers/6-in-diagonal-cutters-63816.html

 

Crush barbs and unhook fish:

 

https://www.harborfreight.com/5-34-in-needle-nose-pliers-63815.html

 

2 tools, total investment: $4.48.  They won't last forever in wet conditions, but $4.48 only gets you so much.  

If you want to do it right than get some knipex 8” compounding bolt cutters, I can cut through a 8/0 mustad musky treble which would be like a 5x or 6x strong bass hook easily with one hand. Their not cheap, the company crescent makes compounding wire cutters that look super similar that are only $9 and will still cut a musky hook with one hand, just not as easily. You can find either at Home Depot or menards or Amazon. For barbs just get a good set of well made long nose pliers, I never go fishing without them I hate unhooking treble without them.

I'd definitely suggest compound cutters for hooks. I use the Crescent Compound cutter. Any standard needle nose will flat barbs.

Needle nose doesn’t seem like it does anything to barb

Never mind barb cutters taken care of

What about hook cutters anything $20< 

Looking for something that are small and can cut hooks so if i catch a fish and its gut hooked and cant remove it i can cut it

Long story here, but..........long story short.  I had a pair of cheap wire cutters,,,,,,last week I hooked the back upper part of my elbow reaching behind me for a different rod.....nice thick Whopper Plopper hook set nice and deep.  I had to push it through and cut the barb with my off hand since it was stuck in my dominant hand elbow. Also I could only see a small part of the hook and had to go by feel.   In my kayak in the middle of a lake with nobody else in sight.

 

At that moment I really wished I had a better quality wire cutter with me.  

For crushing barbs, a pair of tapered round-jaw pliers are about perfect.  They let you apply force directly to even the smallest barb and will generally crush them right back into the hook body.  I believe they are sold for jewelry making use.

Pliers i found on ground crush barbs easily so now am looking for hook cutters that are cheap but work good

8 inch bolt cutters have stopped several trips to the hospital and can be had for under 10.00 and will rust so keep them oiled 

3 minutes ago, NHBull said:

8 inch bolt cutters have stopped several trips to the hospital and can be had for under 10.00 and will rust so keep them oiled 

Thank you 

Channellock 336 Diagonal Cutting Pliers