Dan, You may well have a point. However, I am just about 100% positive that nobody....NOBODY, will ever be able to convict me in a court of law. Think what you want to of me and my tactics, that's fine. I'm not going to appologize for lining fish. If I thought I was doing something wrong or immoral, then I wouldn't have ever posted it in the first place. A lot of you guys out there are lining the fish you catch. Do I try to line fish all of the time? No. However, when the occasion calls for it, I'll put on a ten foot leader with a 4mm red bead above a 3/0 hook and a lining I will go. Sorry guys, but I really don't see the wrong in it. Also, being a "Meat Fisherman" like I am, it's not like I am down at the river "Traumatizing" one fish after another. I take my limit and I get the Hell out, so Duckinthefog's little crack about tramatizing fish really doesn't amount to a pile of $hit. Yeah, when I fish, I go to harvest. I only keep Hatchery fish, and I don't hang out at the river all day long ripping on sides. Hell, some of you touchy feely, C&R Fanatics are probably doing more to destroy the resource than I ever could. You come down to the river and you sore-mouth the $hit out of God knows how many fish, you play them out on light tackle until they are half dead. BTW, this causes lactic acid to build up in the fishe's blood stream, and it could be fatal to the fish. Then, you let the fish go so you can go do it all over again. Oh, let's not forget the way some guys gill the fish for the photo op. The worst part is, YOU ARE DOING IT TO NATIVE FISH!!!!!! Hell, I just cme down to the river, get my two fish, and leave.... Hatchery fish, no less. So, who's more immoral? The liner who kills two hatchery fish, or the hard core c&r Fanatic with the noodle rod and the six lb. test line, sore mouthing and subsequently killing one Native Fish after another?