barbless red treble hooks?

[hooked in the finger]

I am looking for a retailer that sells barbless red/blood treble hooks. I live in NE Wisconsin, but don't mind ordering from out of state if I have to.

Thanks

[Icefishingmaniac]

Why do you need barbless? The only place near to there that I can think of that you have to have barbless is Salvania in the U.P. There you just bend them down.

Icefishingmaniac

[Burr]

Somebody going by "Hooked in the finger" asking about "Barbless" hooks. Come on now, tell your story!! Now you need to tell it.

Oh, and by the way, I have no idea where you could buy barbless hooks.

[hawkeye]

"Dremel tool, thats what we do". And yes they remove about three hooks a week in Sioux Lookout. My friend had a bass nail him. Next day I had two close calls and remarked, boy!! I was luckly that that didn't stick in my finger! My 45 year old son replied, dad you haven't fished with a barbed hook in three years. First time I knew it. I can't say I ever looked back and losing any abnormal amount of fish. It's usurally a bass or notheran that gets you. We don,t remove barbs from walleye jigs, but wouldn't bother me if we had to.

[hooked in the finger]

Here's the reason why: Last year I was casting a Thunderstick early in the morning with my Dad about a twenty minutes away from the lodge we stay at on Eagle Lake. I hooked into a small pike and was going to release him at the side of the boat without the net. I reached down, grabbed the lure with my needle nose, the pike did their usual crazy shack. I pulled the line up over the side of the boat to show my Dad......attached to the line was the Thunderstick, the pike and my index finger! I asked Dad as calmly as possible to hand me my bolt cutter.....and of course that fish had to give me one last shack to drive the hook in deeper.

I drove into Dryden, they were very nice and managed to save the finger and the treble hook to boot. Once I got back to the lodge, I could see my Dad and son coming back to the lodge as well....with my son driving the boat. As you guys who fish Ontario know, a thirteen year old is not suppose to be driving the boat.

I met them at the end of the dock and there with a very brave face on was my Dad, holding his knee, with his favorite Rattle Trap firmly embedded! He was the next one to Dryden, were the nurses and same Doc had a good laugh at the father son combo.

So......this year we are thinking about using barbless on our crankbaits with more than one hook and I also wanted to give the red/ blood hooks a try. We had good luck using them this winter ice fishing.

BTW: Hawkeye, what part of Iowa are you from? I grew up in the Algona area....northcentral part of the state.

[Moss]

just bend over your hooks they will break off or they will just bend down. You can do this with your jigs also the bait stays on and it is must easier on the fish.

[ChadM]

Use a pliers to crimp the barb over.

[hawkeye]

I'am from Monticello Iowa.