I know what a foul hooking is, but how about this:
I fished, short float with wool, at Tamihi a couple of weeks ago and was lucky enough to land a chum after some fight. I could tell the hook was set in the mouth of the poor fish from the way it struggled. However, as the fish was brought near, I saw the hook was flashing on its left side gill. I cursed for a foul hooking and landed the fish only to find that it was not foul hooked. Or to be precise, it was NOT hooked at all. Somehow, during the hook setting and the fight, the leader went between the poor soul's mouth, wrapped around her both gill plates, then, amazingly, the hook hooked onto the leader and became a loop. So the poor guy was landed the way a horse was harnessed. Is it a foul hooking?
Is it a foul hooking?