I've got some friends who live in Pierre, S.D. and I have seen some of there fishing video's of paddlefish fishing, (er snagging) its purely a snag fest, they use rods similar to halibut rods, Penn reels, 4-6oz. lead and big hooks, cast out into the middle of the Missouri river and start swingin hard. They don't keep any, just have the warden tag the fish then release.
A couple years ago I went back there in the fall on a 2 week archery whitetail/muley hunt with a buddy I guide with in Alaska, we took 1 morning off and took his 10 ft. row boat out on Oahe reservoir to fish landlocked chinook, there were a bunch of guide boats out trolling hardware in circles and not catching a damn thing, we rowed out in the middle of the circle of boats and started mooching herring, in 2 hours we released 7 fish and lost a couple others, not sure which was more fun, catching fish or listening to all the upset clients. Going back in the fall of 2002 for another 2 weeks, think I'll bring more herring.