Fishing in our barbless areas, some people have told me that rather than using barbless trebles you should replace the hooks with barbless singles. Talking about Kwikfish, Alvins, etc., theory being the fish is hooked by one of the treble hooks, then when it bites down, the forward pressure on the hooks will cause the one that is hooked to pop loose.
I'm somewhat skeptical of this theory & would like others' opinions.
Allen