Hohwaiian - I don't usually disagree with your posts but your last one has my head spinning. The regs quoted by Doubletake are not crap. They are a reasonable definition of legal hooking of a fish. What is unreasonable is your interpretation of those regs (I'm being polite here...). To state that someone could be accused of snagging because they are catching fish with spinners and wigglewarts distorts the definition to the point that almost everyone who fishes could be considered a snagger. Even you agree this is unreasonable. Therefore, you appear to have unilaterally decided the regs are not worth following and snagging is okay under some circumstances. I disagree.

Plus, you state that since lining is often used on the Kenai/Russian Rivers, then the salmon snagged in Washington are "ALL legit as long as they are hooked from the gillplate forward". Where, may I ask, did you get this!? I do not have a copy of the Washington State regs in front of me. So could someone please point out the section of the regs that indicate that fish hooked from the gillplate forward are legally caught fish, irrespective of whether they were hooked "voluntarily" or not. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember this being in the regs.

My point is that some anglers sometimes bend the regs to fit their situation so they can continue to fish as they think they should be allowed. Your post seems consistent with my point. And, just so I don't sound too sanctimonious, I could probably be accused of bending regs same at some point in my 30+ years of fishing too.

I admit that interpreting the regs ain't always black and white but this snagging situation isn't one of them.


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