Newbie Question - Foul Hooked Salmon

[MuskieBait]

(09-19-2014 02:52 PM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  People yell at other to break off snagged fish because, if the fish is eventually landed, it'll be more exhausted. That, and it takes up their fishing time and space.

Plus...fighting a fish will spook the pool of fish. If the fish was fair hooked, then so be it...the pool gets spooked. If a fish is snagged, there is no reason to fight the fish out and spook all the other fish.