Unhooking Trout

[CushtyJook 1,097]

Caught a trout earlier was eating size but I didn't intent on taking it to eat but really struggled to get the hook out so had to cut line and dispatch then remove hook when preparing fish for freezer what's the best method for unhooking them when they hook is awkward still had the worm in its mouth and hook was deep

[leegreen 2,182]

If you haven't got a disgorger or forceps then you should cut the line and release it asap. The fish will shed the hook soonish, presuming you was using barbless?

[bobcullen79 1,495]

I remember when the plastic ones were 10/15p F`in quid they want these days. The hook in this clip isnt so deep but the principal is still the same. The key is having a tight line.

[neil r 1,861]

If I'm fly fishing I use forceps but if I get one on the stick float and maggot I use a disgorger

[IshotRogerRabbit 46]

You should always carry a small pair of forceps...especially when worm fishing as they are so often deeply hooked

[J Darcy 5,871]

I always use barbless when trouting. You can get very quick at disgorging them and getting the bait back in the water........

[CushtyJook 1,097]

If you haven't got a disgorger or forceps then you should cut the line and release it asap. The fish will shed the hook soonish, presuming you was using barbless?

I've got both just didn't have them in my bag but will make sure I so next time

[CushtyJook 1,097]

I always use barbless when trouting. You can get very quick at disgorging them and getting the bait back in the water........

Thank you I was using barbless I was using slightly large hooks at size 6 for small stream fishing so will place something smaller on next time

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

Forceps

[socks 32,253]

 

I always use barbless when trouting. You can get very quick at disgorging them and getting the bait back in the water........

Thank you I was using barbless I was using slightly large hooks at size 6 for small stream fishing so will place something smaller on next time

 

 

size 6 are you sure you weren't shark fishing cushty lol .........

[CushtyJook 1,097]

 

 

I always use barbless when trouting. You can get very quick at disgorging them and getting the bait back in the water........

 

Thank you I was using barbless I was using slightly large hooks at size 6 for small stream fishing so will place something smaller on next time

size 6 are you sure you weren't shark fishing cushty lol .........

I know got down there and it's all I had in my bag I'm going down again shortly and managed to find a size 12 so will use that hope it don't get snagged beacuse it's all I have this time apart from size 6 small stream trout just want to wait for the dog walkers and everyone to leave the area as its a nice spot just far to many walkers seen the back end of an otter before it dived into a pool the other day so hoping to sit tight and see if it comes along while I'm fishing

[jok 3,317]

Worms. Heathens.

[CushtyJook 1,097]

Worms. Heathens.

I'm not part of the fly fish club sorry

[jok 3,317]

Yer all a bunch of things. If you can't catch on a fly don't go out . Mind yu, I remember a day in January many years ago when a lovely old lad said to me and a mate, have a half bottle and meet me at the Chain Bridge. We were 14 at the time. He had us jump in at the head of the pool with a tennis net anchored one side. Thing is the half bottle didn't half come in handy. Ended up with a tidy profit from the local hotel. Who says everything should be done right.??

[CushtyJook 1,097]

Yer all a bunch of things. If you can't catch on a fly don't go out . Mind yu, I remember a day in January many years ago when a lovely old lad said to me and a mate, have a half bottle and meet me at the Chain Bridge. We were 14 at the time. He had us jump in at the head of the pool with a tennis net anchored one side. Thing is the half bottle didn't half come in handy. Ended up with a tidy profit from the local hotel. Who says everything should be done right.??

Never tried fly fishing so don't know if I can catch with one or not I enjoy worm or maggot fishing for trout on the small river local to me sometimes I take one or two to eat but most of the time I will realease like you mentioned back a few years ago early teens I would be out there with a few lads and we would sell on but a few times we went to the actual trout farms one time I had a bucket full of live trout with a battery powered air pump keeping the water oxygenised a guy had paid to stock his own lake and the police pulled us over opened the bucket and around 30 trout nearly jumped at him