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Hooked!

There’s an epidemic out there.

Westporters are getting hooked on … hooks.

The other morning, alert “06880” reader Jonathan Greenfield swam at Compo Beach. He got snared by a tangled fishing hook and line.

(Photo/Jonathan Greenfield)

Scary, right?

Amazingly, that’s not the hook that hooked him. The photo above is another one Jonathan found nearby.

A few days later, equally alert “06880” reader Wendy May sent this:

(Photo/Wendy May)

It’s from a different beach: the small one off Saugatuck Shores.

Whether you’re a swimmer, a beach walker, a dog — or a fisherman: Be careful out there!