Not going to get involved in this debate. I just wanted to post about the question of whether or not the tongue is legal. On page 15 of this years regs, under selective gear rules it states that if a fish is legal to keep it should be kept if hook is swallowed(duh), or is hooked in the gill, eye, or tongue. Now, I don't know if that means that you can only keep a fish that is hooked in the gill, eye, or tongue on rivers where the selective gear rules are in effect, and everywhere else it is mouth only. Or if gill,eye, tongue is a general rule everywhere? Anybody know? The way I read it sounds like it is saying gill, eye, tongue is only legal where selective gear rules are in effect......everywhere else is mouth only. Not sure though.....I am strictly mouth only personally, although I've never hooked one in the tongue....weird :p I would think that the tongue would be considered a part of the mouth???

RiverGal