Deep hooked fish

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by saxmatt

For pike and musky this is what I do. First of all you have to use single hooks, not trebles and you need jaw spreaders and a long pair of pliers. Carefully go through the gill plate with the pliers and grab the leader and pull it back out of the gill plate. Pull the leader back towards the tail of the fish, this should rotate the hook and you'll see the eye and bend of the hook come out of the gut. Now you can go in through the mouth with the pliers, grab the bend of the hook and pop it right out. This is easy to do with some practice.

X2! Matt showed me this on the ice. Pretty slick technique w the right tools.