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Originally Posted by Lin
I was cruising through the gallery and saw a photo posted by n_ishak. It's a loon photo that shows a fishhook lodged on the side of it's mouth. I asked under the photo if they had let the loon center know about this and the area where the photo was shot. After thinking about it I decided to post it here. If this is a recent shot, and anyone knows the location of the loon, it should be reported to the center so they can seek the bird and try to remove the hook. While fishing around islands in Moultonborough this year we seemed to have picked up an extradoinary amount of loose stray hooks hanging off the vegetation or lures caught via long snapped filament line on snags below the water. I know it's frustrating to catch a lure or hook and have the line snap but it's also careless not to try to retrieve it. Either fish or humans can later get caught up with them.
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Most fish hooks will rust away and dislodge in a matter of weeks, its probably already gone. Retrieving lost hooks most of the time is impossible......