By Tom Morphet
It took Fish and Game biologists about five minutes to remove the treble hook of a Pixie lure from the nostril of a brown bear yearling Saturday.
“I pushed in and backed it out, just like you would a hook in a fish’s mouth. It came out real easy,” said Anthony Crupi, assistant area biologist. “I’d been out fishing with my son last weekend, so I’d been practicing.”
Crupi’s crew tranquilized the…