It almost looks like a piercing. There was no way to catch the fish and remove it but it seemed to be doing alright.
This is why it’s encouraged to use barbless plain steel hooks. With no barb and steel that rusts, hooks like this will eventually fall out. Stainless, barbed hooks will kill the fish eventually, and the fish that eats it.
Poor thing :(
It got away somehow, so I’d say it’s actually quite lucky.
Relatively, I guess. I wouldn’t go up to someone who got shot and tell them they’re lucky though because the didn’t die from it. It’s probably nicer to not get shot at all. Same for this fish getting a hook in it.
I wasn’t talking about being polite to a fish. 🤪 I wouldn’t say it to a guy who had a slight head injury from a tank shell barely missing him, but I’d still consider him lucky.
Yikes through the eye socket
Catch it with another hook to get the first one!
it seemed to be doing alright
Wonder how fish would survive hꝏk in its mouth like that . Dœs wound eventually heal like normal piercing dœs ?
If it doesn’t stop it from eating and doesn’t get infected somehow I guess it wouldn’t necessarily kill it. I don’t remember if it was eating but it moved around normally.
If this fucker would stop stealing the shrimp I’m saving maybe this wouldn’t happen. I put the shrimp on the hook and put it back in the ocean saving it for later. Then some jerk comes along and tries to eat my shrimp. It’s my shrimp. Who steals another persons shrimp?!
Just keep swimming
Bling
