Re "Hooked on a Myth," Oct.20,2015: Victoria Braithwaite claims that fish feel pain. I absolutely agree with Braithwaite. Some people might think of fish as dumb animals,because they don't show much emotion when a hook is in their mouth or a spear is thru their heads. But this doesn't mean that fish cannot feel pain. I have gone fishing very many times and know the empty looking face that most fish make after you reel them in, and the flapping gasping for water look while lying on the deck. However Even though fish may not seem to express their feelings by screaming or crying it doesn't mean that they don't feel anything. I can only imagine a hook piercing my lip and yanking me underwater where I can't breathe. Just creating that image in
