An ocean watchdog group, whatever that means, has criticized the type of hooks some fisherpeople use because they are a danger to sea turtles.
Longline fisherpeople, whoever they are, have been told they need to use circle-shaped hooks rather than J-shaped hooks in their fishering.
We're not fisherpeople, but we think that a circular hook would let the fish, or turtle, slide right off, defeating the purpose of the hook itself.
But we support the circular hooks for one reason: We assume they won't hook a bystander's head when the master caster misfires.
Ever felt one of those things sink into your flesh? Hey, it ain't fun.
One question, however: Will a change in hooks affect the master baiters out there?
Stay tuned.

Posted at July 05, 2004 01:09 PM