That's the baby Mike!
Rob,
When ledgering (running) I use two rests, monkey climb and Aero Baitrunner and try to strike as soon as I think that the fish has the bait 'properly' in it's mouth. Fortunately I hardly ever deep hook fish - more often than not I lightly hook pull the bait from its mouth but 'like the Murphys' etc....
I once assisted a guy removing a treble from a fishes internals - all you could see see was the trace disappearing down into its stomach and I thought ' how the heck are you going to remove that' - he, as you state, inverted its gut, removed the hook and after a little cuddle (with the fish not me) it swam away - amazing.
Anyway so much for the 'Lochter' topic
Iain
