releasing a gut hooked fish

[Fish-Dog]

I always use eagle claw feather weight circle hooks when I use night crawlers. about 80% of the fish will be hooked in the corner of their mouths. If I plan to release the fish I don't take it out of the water. If the hook is down in the throat I just snip the line, hooks are cheap. On occasion I do use power bait however I just put it on the circle hooks.

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