Who gives a [Bleeeeep!]?! Look, if it's hooked in the mouth, it's fair..... Simple as that! There is no room for an arguement on this matter. If you hook a fish and its in the mouth but the hook is penetrating from the outside, it's still fair! If you have a problem with that logic, then don't keep the fish! There is no proof whatsoever that a fish that is hooked in the mouth with the hook penetrating in from the outside did not intentionally bite whatever it is that you're trowing at it. If the whole in from the outside thing really is snagging, then explain how about 75% of the steel head I see caught Boondogging on the Cowlitz are hooked in this manner? Is that snagging? Are ALL of those guides breraking the law? Or does this rule only apply when your in some kind of a combat fishery and everyone else is outfishing you? "Oh, they're lining those fish. Real fishermen don't fish like that". Listen dude, In my opinion it's not snagging, I do it all the time and I'm really good at it..... If its in the mouth, its in the mouth.... Period!