I lost a lot of fish today...?

You must keep the line tight when you are using barbless hooks. You must not put too much pressure so that you pull the hook out. Micro-barb hooks are certainly worth a try, they are quite easy to remove. What ever you do, do not poke about down the throat of a fish with a disgorger, that may well harm the fish, just cut the line and the fish WILL be able to get rid of the hook, I have seen them do it in a fish tank. The last thing I will say is we all have days like you mention when we seem to lose more than we land, but thats fishing.