On the Snagging/Hooked in the head issue and "what is legal". I called the WDFW 3 or 4 years ago to ask the question after hooking a King in the nose using eggs on the Samish. The "RULES" lady stated that is a good question and no-one had ever asked her that. She did some research and faxed me the WAC that said legal is in the head. In my view it will be a good thing that they match everything up between the WAC and the Regs pamphlet we all get. Eihter way is fine with me, My experience/observation is that it becomes an issue when you have a lot of fish in a small area. Question. For those of you who fish Salt or Fresh water with 2 hooks "A Stinger". What do you do with a fish you catch that has the 2nd hook outside the mouth but the other hook is not inside the mouth(but in the head)? Keep it or throw it back? Just curious.

One last thing. Just because they say "IN THE HEAD" is legal does not mean it opens everything up to SNAGGING. Snagging will still be judged by INTENT. I've foul hooked Salmon in the Samish, Solduc etc over the years. I have never intentionaly Snagged a fish. Waste of my time and I hate putting the stress on the fish.

Thanks