We Anglers Need to do Better 

Good on you mate. You’re a good person

A tool we seriously need is wire cutters with the profile of needle nose pliers or forceps, so we can cut the hooks and feed the pieces out of the flesh. Regular wire cutters work beautifully on bigger fish and largemouth bass, but we need something for trout and panfish.

Thank you for trying your best

So sad to see. I'm glad you did something. Every time I fish I take everything i brought with me, and any trash i find that i can take with me. Respect for the sport is respect for the fish and for our land. Treat them kindly. ❤

It's possible for them to survive but you did the right thing with both of those fish. Awesome!

The amount of stuff that gets left behind intentionally or not, is appalling at some streams. Nothing contributes to landowners posting their land quicker than garbage strewn all over the place. There are a couple posted properties I was able to fish because I had an agreement to remove litter along the waterway. I do 1 or 2 parody videos through the year, always on the opening day and then as time permits (this years parody video was my group using household items on the first day to fish with) but I really wanted to do a video repurposing people's litter and fishing with it. maybe next year.

What kind of people is this? Thank you Jesus for sending this man to work. Good job.

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The hook will rust and the trout should have a good chance of surviving. Better than trying to dig the hook out. You did the right thing brother !!….good on you 👍😁❤️🎣❗️

This is why I carry a pair of long, narrow hemostats . For those fish that decide to try to swallow the fly.

Lots of birds lose feet, legs, wings and their lives to improperly discarded monofilament. It's a nasty environmental hazard.

I hate to say it but it doesn’t take a lot of intelligence to fish and so a lot of the ppl who fish have no respect, common sense or manners. I really do hate to say stuff like this but I clean up so much like and trash from other fishermen and I see type of ppl who leave it behind.

Thank you for this. I hate when I find tangles of line on the ground at a fishing spot. In terms of the rig here, a lot of things aren't adding up. I think this might be someone else poaching like a few others mentioned.

Very little can be done if a line snaps with a fish hooked, I've cast netted a bass before when its happened to me, but the odds of catching the fish again are slim to none in most cases

The problem with trout is they are so delicate. But you did everything you could. Nice job.

You would not believe all the trout with lines tangled in snags i free on a regular basis here in sw pa..these poor streams get absolutley HAMMERED on a daily basis

Awesome job I run into the same stuff

00:29 tied to land line poaching or the warden showed up. they'll blame the state resident fishing license requirements for not being able to afford it. already happening in California. that's why they got rid of the license display law. I feel sorry for the current and next generation. in fact, they were probably watching you as you were letting their fish go. don't be surprised if theres a weed patch nearby. no joke

Nice job doing the right thing!

Good job.

Looks like it could be an illegal taught line set up. Very old method that doesn't involve any sport to it.

You could have done better. All you needed was a small twig with a small Y to reach inside and remove the hooks. Koodos for setting them free..

Debarb your hooks!

Trot line or snapped line you think?

open borders.... good luck with that. any angler living in LA knows how bad it can get since the 80's. any clean up is just temporary