Amen Boss man..
No exuse of justification for snagging at all no matter what!
no matter how hard it is no matter how many fishless seasons you go through no matter how novice you are nor how desperate for that wiggle on the end of the line, anagging is wrong period! Even if they are overabundant hatchery fish that are "just going to die". I don't care how many fish the natives net and waste snagging is wrong period !!!!
Snagging not only shows a disrespect for the law but a disrespect for the fish itself. and it shows the true charecter of the one snagging. All snaggers are complete lowlifes. Thoes with morals will not snag because snagging is wrong. When something is wrong, it is always wrong no matter what the circumstances.