This will BLOW your mind! #1 Easiest swallowed hook removal method EVER!

Easiest swallowed barbed hook removal method EVER without tools, with a stick you found on the ground. Works on all species, as long as your line is strong enough to hold the weight of the fish off the ground. fyi, NOT for “catch and release” purposes. Fish dies every time.

[CT-gcck]

No dead fish were harmed in the making of this video 😂

[PotatoWhyKid]

Not sure if this was edited after the fact, but the creator clearly stated ‘Not for catch and release’. Don’t know why people are getting emotionally damaged over an already dead fish… I like to spatchcock my chickens by cutting out their spine… I learned the technique from Scorpion in Mortal Kombat before YouTube was really a thing.

[luketalbot]

Works by literally tearing and shearing the hook out of its throat.

[richardwalters]

What technique do you use when you're releasing the fish???

[DustinBaileyOutdoors]

Why is everyone complaining about this video. If you plan on releasing the fish then don't use this technique. Simple as that.

[Real_Abe_Froman]

60% of the time it works it works every time.

[LITPC]

I knew there was going to be some silly comments about torture! Lmao. You can clearly see the fish’s “death stare” before the stick goes in.

[Alkaline_Saint]

Half these comments are from people who obviously don’t fish :/

[robcarey]

Are we trying to get the hook out or kill the fish?

[artemioquintero]

Neat tip, thank you sir. You made that look too easy. I recently watched your catfish 101, and today I bought a medium heavy action rod. I bought 20lbs line and 17lbs leader. I plan on going fishing on the snake on Friday, I bought smelt and sardine (it's what the shop had). I bought the #6 hooks you recommended and 2oz sinkers. A friend and I are going to fish off the bank since we don't have a boat. It'll be when we get off of work around 6PM it's both our first-time cat fishing and are very encouraged by your videos. Could you offer us any advice if you get a chance? Thank you for all your help!

[Dumbassarrozz]

Im hella new to fishing, to clarify, that wont work on a living fish cause itll prolly fuck em up right?

[ThisOldPanda]

All depends if youre catching to eat or catch and release.. if its to eat then whack it on its head then it doesnt matter. But doing this to a fish youre releasing? Seems a tad harsh

[J-Burgerz]

So the “angler” was taking a nap when trout swallowed the hook?

[Bungaman]

Ok, I hate to be that guy, but doesn’t that tear up his insides? I honestly don’t know, can someone please explain?

[Preirin]

I desperately try not to harm a fish but the trout here swallow my damn hook every time. I’d use this method if I were sure it was humane for catch and release. Can you confirm? Because to me it seems to be potentially damaging the fish pretty severely.

[VariantOutdoors]

yeah so i am allergic to fish and i dont kill my fish you got a better way

[SirAlanPartridge]

The fish just cracked its head open on the rocks below and is now dead

[razah]

Try it on ur self and tell us how that feels I'm very intrigued

[TheMaster]

What if you want to keep the fish alive still? Different story now lol

[Susan-artbiz]

BAD--All you did was tear the hook out of it's guts--that is if it was gut hooked. Gut hook fish are likely to die. You should leave the hook in and cut the line. When a university did a study on gut-hooked pan fish and put 100 in a huge tank. Two were already bleeding and they died and on the third day the bottom of the tank was covered with all the fish hooks. Fish can remove them same as we do a splinter. So don't rip out their guts. Spread the word. Catch and release with the hook left in.