Come on Dave, dont discredit yourself like that. Its not your fault they just cleaned out the holding tank right before we got to the hatchery with out 5/0 trebles and spark plug wieghts.

I have a couple questions about the horse.
1. What scent did you use on the rag? Alfalfa? Or Molases/grain?
2. What state ws the horse taken in? The WA regs state "a fish must voluntarily take the bait/lure. If the horse actually turned to take the rag and had poor eye sight and misjudged the lures position and the sticky sharp Vision hook got it. Then its not foul hooked or snagged. but, if the horse was minding his own buisness and didnt "voluntarily" go after the rag, I would call it snagged.
BTW. Your spinner is still hanging out in my boat waiting for you to come and use it again.