You are not a traitor to other anglers admitting the possibility fish suffer pain from fish hooks. Being honest about the issue will do more for the sport than taking up a position subject to strong criticism. If you cite evidence bass don't suffer, you are better to also cite evidence they do suffer, showing a balanced approach with objectivity. I don't mind other anglers being upset over this. It's those folks desiring to end fishing that I beware of.

Jim

Gosh you would think the whole topic was written by fish themselves.

Yes they feel something.

So we jab a hook in our lips and pull the line taught and yell, ouch!

They feel pain, I know they do, cuz I just felt it.

And when I touch it it wiggles.

The topic itself is completly relative.

I'm gonna start a topic "Do bass feel rejected when we throw them back?"

Discussion is good, but topics like these bring out the worst in people. Is this forum usually like this?

No.There are a few threads that get out of hand after they have been up a while (like this one) and people just keep on opening different doors to fuel it along.

Until a bass can speak and give us a definitive answer to the title question,nobody knows 100%,one way or the other........its all speculation.

8 pages of debate with no resolution and a lot of raw nerves.

Topic closed.