The way I see this is that if a charter boat makes a call that trebles are banned it will be for a good reason, safety is paramount when at sea for multi day trips in offshore locations and at all times so we need to respect this and just get on with the sport we all enjoy.
I personally dont like treble hooks as they are a bit harder to remove from fish but will still let anglers use them as I do understand that some lures do work better with trebles.
To give everyone advice on how I deal with fish when they come to the boat is I lip gaff the fish and lift the fish so the lips are flush with the boats gunnels then proceed to remove the lure and hooks at this point, then once the lure has been removed if we want to release the fish it slides back into the water or we want to get a few snaps I will slid it into the anglers arms from there, at no point I think should a fish be brought into the boat with a lure still in its mouth, its just asking for trouble.
Now to the top water pro fishntips, you have made a few big calls mate, on the road to starting to correct you on your very poor judgment calls, first the photo of me holding the kingfish with RAL in its mouth, it is 100% legit, that was the first fish taken on that lure and the photo was taken by a good client of mine.
your little digs at Sam are BS, you dont have a clue at how much time has been put into R&D on the 100 Haku and other RAL lures and saying Sam is into glory hunting?? come on
you statement that lures with singles or Baker rigs will catch fish when the bite is hot and not when the fishing is slow is a testament to how little time you have actual spent on the water fishing
to quote you again "Sam will point to angler skill and action rather the design of his baits. Good floating lures can be notoriously difficult to swim. These sinking lure were not, they simply didn't swim right at all, they just sunk and bogged out on an angle." there is always a RAL lure in the mix when we are fishing top water, I have loads of clients that are on my boat to give top water a go and you mite be surprised to know that they catch fish with the 100gm Haku with very little experience, maybe dont blame the lure for not catching fish it could be your lack of knowledge on how to find them.
fishntip do you really think I would use something that does not work when I have paying clients on the boat expecting to catch good fish and enjoy what I thing is the best way to target Kingfish?? and do you think Tony would do the same??
I would like to see some of your great catches of top water Kingys or any other fish???
now back to the topic of banning trebles.
was weather was a bit better than original forcasts?
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kaveman wrote:
....had me tetanus before i went(19 years old)......A barb is going to make a nice little mess on the way out whatever hook its on
.....plus wearing it for a while will add to the fun.
.......will let you know how it goes but its no harm in trying.....If this sucks...I will try squirts next. 
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