Deep Hooking Perch

[Emma two]

I was fishing a local estate pond this afternoon on the quivertip with maggots, i caught about 15-20 perch over a few hours but i kept deep-hooking them. About half of the perch i caught were deep-hooked and although most i managed to unhook and return most of them ok im sure one or two of the smaller ones wont make it because they really were hooked deep. I used barbless hooks, i striked quite quickly with the bites and i used a disgorger, is there anything else i can do to prevent deephooking these fish because it really makes me feel awful when it happens and although i dont, but if it kept happening on a regular basis i think it would be enough to stop me fishing altogether, or at least stop me fishing for perch. So any tips or advice would be appreciated, thankyou

 

 

Which size hooks were you using?

[davedave]

Which size hooks were you using?

 

14 barbless

[Emma two]

14 barbless

 

I understand that barbless may be counterproductive when perch fishing, the hook penetrating deeper than a barbed one and causing more damage as a result.

 

Perhaps you might like to try bigger hooks and baits to specifically targer the perch? I would try for them with barbed hooks from size 8 to 2 (the bait would determine the size) with lobworms or fish baits (live and/or dead).

[davedave]

I understand that barbless may be counterproductive when perch fishing, the hook penetrating deeper than a barbed one and causing more damage as a result.

 

Perhaps you might like to try bigger hooks and baits to specifically targer the perch? I would try for them with barbed hooks from size 8 to 2 (the bait would determine the size) with lobworms or fish baits (live and/or dead).

 

Ok thanks, i might have a go but its a barbless hooks water and if the bailiff came round i'd probably get in trouble, worth thinking about though. thanks