Fish can not feel pain.

[ST_ShoreFisher]

some pretty crazy 'theories' posted (cold-blooded animals cannot feel pain, eating spiking things means they feel no pain).

it's obvious that fish do not like being hooked. whether anyone wants to classify that as pain like humans feel or discomfort, the bottom line is that there's some suffering happening. this is necessary for long-term survival of a species such as fish.

i fish myself, but do not delude myself with things like 'fish feel no pain'.