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Can fish really feel your stress when you are fishing?

Does the fish feel any pain when it get hooked in a fishing line.?

  • I am a vegetarian for the past 4 years ,My favorite hobby prior to that was fishing. gave up fishing as i thought it causes pain for the fish.Recently a friend told me it does not ...show more

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    I"ve been shark fishing for 30 yrs, I have taken fish that had stingray barbs and or hardhead (saltwater catfish) barbs stuck in their jaws.I think they don't feel pain or they don't care.I know other fish eat stingrays and hardheads like (ling,jewfish,tarpon and could be more , this are the ones i know. ( go fishing ) look at it this way does it hurt a cow to get milked, will you stop eating ice cream?

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I think that when hooked in the lip there would not be much pain if any. Snagged or hooked in the gills would be a different situation.

Bobby

put a fish hook through your lip and find out.

Cubs rule

Touching conundrum; but fish are prey everyday, even if you have given the sport up.

jamoca

Idk ask the fish? just kidding its been proven it does no harm to the fish and the fish has no pain at all.

Patrick

hmmm idk never went fishing but go ahead put a hook through ur lip =D

oh_so_lovely

As stated above, the part of their brain that processes pain is very small, especially when you consider how small their brain is to begin with. And on top of that, there are relatively few nerve endings in the 'lip' area.

CoolHand

no the part of a fishes' brain that feels pain is almost non-existent if you have ever reeled in a fish close to you enough to see it then stop pulling they will swim around like nothing is going on hope I helped

setht95

Fish do feel the hook but what you have to realize is that the part of their brain that senses pain is very small. The struggle that they put up is due to instinct and the need to preserve its life, not out of pain. That's how predatory fish like bass can eat bluegills and perch or crawfish for that matter. They feel the stick of the spines or the claws pinching but they need to feed so its almost expected that they feel that stimulus. Your hook isn't gonna hurt them. Now its unfortunate when you eye hook a fish or gill hook them. Fish can still survive with one eye. Ive caught many fish that have one eye only. Some may die with a gill hook, but if you set the hook right away instead if letting them swallow it or, in the event that you do have a throat or gill hooked fish, cut the hook instead of tearing it out, theyll have a good chance of surviving. The hooks will basically dissolve in the fishes mouth over a short period of time. So go fishing and enjoy yourself. Practice catch and release so future generations can enjoy fishing as well. If youre a responsible angler, then you have nothing to worry about. The fish that you enjoy catching will be fine. I hope I helped. Good luck and let the big ones go!!!

rapture

No look humans put rings in there lips tongues ears and anywhere eles u can think so how bad can it hurt

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