Apply gentle pressure along its curve and pull back on it until you feel a barb remove the hook. If cutting through the skin is easy for your bent wire cutters because of how close to surface level (or near) they are, then push these in as well so that when removing all traces of fishhook, there will be only two remaining points: an eyelet at one end with barbs sticking out from both sides of us; And another point farther in where sharp ends come off straight up instead toward each other as hooks do.