Lately, my son has been doing more live bait fishing for smallies on some of the rivers in the area. As a result, a few have been hooked quite deep. Here is a good short video I found for my son on how to remove those fish that are hooked deep. It was easier than trying to explain to him. I know all of us on BBC already know everything , and are probably using this technique or a similar one. If not, here you go: