Well, I just got back from South Dakota at about 2:00 a.m. this morning (first flight was cancelled and so was the second ). I'd been there since last Wednesday. Anyway, I picked up one of their fishing regulation books and looked through it. One rule in particular caught my eye. It stated if any fish is snagged unintentionally a person can keep it-but intentional snagging was still illegal. I don't think that's the way our rules are set out here in Washington? If any fish is snagged here we are supposed to release it, right? Now I would think if the South Dakota Department of Fish and Wildlife wanted to keep intentional snagging out of their state they would not allow the keeping of "accidentally snagged" fish. What do all of you think? This also leads to another question I have. Is there any state in the U.S. that totally allows intentional snagging?

BTW, for what it's worth, the state also allows the snagging of paddlefish, a real ugly-looking fish. Also, from what I read it sounded like advertent snagging in the mouth was also legal for any fish.

[ 07-24-2001: Message edited by: Krome Brite ]