I just read the "Emergency Barbless hooks to become voluntary in portions of the Columbia River and tributaries" on the WDFW web site.


My question is "Why not state wide, "barbed/barbless" when salmon fishing"?????


I'm sure we have all heard stories about being a person checked for barbless hooks, and the barb wasn't pinched down far enough...or just out and out forget to pinch the barb.


I'm a "bobber and jig" person....pisses me off to have to "pinch barbs on my jigs", August 16th to be legal.


I'm also a "died in the wool" silver jack fisherman. To make sure I'm legal here.....I buy barbless hooks but even then I hate to lose a silver jack "that is going to be killed" when it gets to the hatchery.


WDFW wants to make the rules "simple", let the person fishing decide "barbed or barbless".....
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