Not too sure what you are reading TM!

The below is not a tirade against TM. Just a tirade in general.

That gill plate forward line is a load of crap. Always has been, always will be. You hear that line a lot on Snagger Row (insert your favorite here).

The State Wide Definition of snagging is:

"Attempting to take fish with a hook and line in such a way that the fish does not VOLUNTARILY take the hook(s) in it's mouth"

If you are fishing in a region with Selective Gear Rules:

"If any fish has swallowed the hook or is hooked in the gill, eye, or tongue, it should be kept if LEGAL to do so."

IE, since snagging isn't legal, this is still a line of BS. Also, most of the popular snagging institutions don't happen during a selective gear fishery.

I hate hearing that gill pate forward BS "excuse to snag" on the river.

What's that they say? "Ignorance is no excuse for the law?"