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by **repulsewarrior** » Mon May 13, 2013 7:46 pm

...a true sportsman removes the barb from his hooks. catching (and returning) in this manner, when it comes to fish, is a true demonstration of superior skill.

by **bill cobbett** » Mon May 13, 2013 7:50 pm

repulsewarrior wrote:...a true sportsman removes the barb from his hooks. catching (and returning) in this manner, when it comes to fish, is a true demonstration of superior skill.

Absolutely RW... as a life-long (and very) coarse fisher-man... have only used barb-less hooks for years, as you say it adds to the skill factor.

by **GreekIslandGirl** » Mon May 13, 2013 9:51 pm

Stupid twits!

by **MGCN** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:02 am

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_an ... ocean.html

4. Sharks aren’t a threat to you, they’re important, and they’re in trouble
The average American has only a 1 in 3,800,000 chance of being killed by a shark. You’re more likely to be killed by a lawnmower or a vending machine, and more likely to be bitten by a stranger on the subway. Like all predators, sharks help keep the ocean in balance by eating the sick, the weak, and the dying. However, sharks are suffering from overfishing more than most marine species, with 1 in 6 species of shark, skate, or ray (and 1 in 3 species of open ocean shark) considered “Threatened with Extinction” by the IUCN Red List.