Had an important tournament last month. Fishing was tuff. One of my fish got hooked on the back of the tongue and was bleeding. I poured 8oz of 7-up on it. Put him in the live well and thew a couple cap fulls of rejuvanade in the well. Weighed him in at the end of the day live and well.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

Left the hook in. Didn't want to do more damage. I have found it is better to leave the hook in the fish when hooked in a bad spot rather than try to get it out. Most of the time the fish will work the hook out on their own.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

Left the hook in. Didn't want to do more damage. I have found it is better to leave the hook in the fish when hooked in a bad spot rather than try to get it out. Most of the time the fish will work the hook out on their own.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

Left the hook in. Didn't want to do more damage. I have found it is better to leave the hook in the fish when hooked in a bad spot rather than try to get it out. Most of the time the fish will work the hook out on their own.

I remember catching a decent 4 lb bass this summer with a rusty hook stuck in his lip and ~ 3/8oz bullet weight swinging at the bottom of 4 inches of braid. The lip had healed around the hook, so it had definitely been there a while. Sometimes it takes a long time for a hook to rust and work itself out. If i can, i'll cut as much of the hook off as i can before releasing them.

I remember catching a decent 4 lb bass this summer with a rusty hook stuck in his lip and ~ 3/8oz bullet weight swinging at the bottom of 4 inches of braid. The lip had healed around the hook, so it had definitely been there a while. Sometimes it takes a long time for a hook to rust and work itself out. If i can, i'll cut as much of the hook off as i can before releasing them.

I remember catching a decent 4 lb bass this summer with a rusty hook stuck in his lip and ~ 3/8oz bullet weight swinging at the bottom of 4 inches of braid. The lip had healed around the hook, so it had definitely been there a while. Sometimes it takes a long time for a hook to rust and work itself out. If i can, i'll cut as much of the hook off as i can before releasing them.

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

Left the hook in. Didn't want to do more damage. I have found it is better to leave the hook in the fish when hooked in a bad spot rather than try to get it out. Most of the time the fish will work the hook out on their own.

Better? Or easier for you.  Plenty of studies over the years have shown its NOT better to leave the hook in, and that fish cannot "work the hook out."

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

Left the hook in. Didn't want to do more damage. I have found it is better to leave the hook in the fish when hooked in a bad spot rather than try to get it out. Most of the time the fish will work the hook out on their own.

Better? Or easier for you.  Plenty of studies over the years have shown its NOT better to leave the hook in, and that fish cannot "work the hook out."

maybe a little jack and coke will help them, before you pull out a swallowed hook. kinda like a painkiller.

Left the hook in. Didn't want to do more damage. I have found it is better to leave the hook in the fish when hooked in a bad spot rather than try to get it out. Most of the time the fish will work the hook out on their own.

Better? Or easier for you.  Plenty of studies over the years have shown its NOT better to leave the hook in, and that fish cannot "work the hook out."

i think the best thing to do is once the fish is hooked and its stuck, push the hook thru a little and cut the barb off, the hook will slip back thru the other way very easily after that and it only cost you a hook, and a good pair of side cutters.

i think the best thing to do is once the fish is hooked and its stuck, push the hook thru a little and cut the barb off, the hook will slip back thru the other way very easily after that and it only cost you a hook, and a good pair of side cutters.

i think the best thing to do is once the fish is hooked and its stuck, push the hook thru a little and cut the barb off, the hook will slip back thru the other way very easily after that and it only cost you a hook, and a good pair of side cutters.