barbless?

[atfulldraw]

So I'm fishing the Skagit and Snohomish this weekend. The way I'm reading the regs is I can use barbed hooks and trouble hooks. Am I missing something? Thanks for help.

[ICEMAN]

So I'm fishing the Skagit and Snohomish this weekend. The way I'm reading the regs is I can use barbed hooks and trouble hooks. Am I missing something? Thanks for help.

Treble hooks?

[atfulldraw]

So I'm fishing the Skagit and Snohomish this weekend. The way I'm reading the regs is I can use barbed hooks and trouble hooks. Am I missing something? Thanks for help.

Treble hooks?

Yep they are trouble if you hook yourself. 

[ICEMAN]

 

[Goldeneye]

Read the Anti-snagging rule.  Yes, you can use a treble hook.  Catch is, only from a floating device like a plug.

Anti-Snagging Rule Except when fishing with
a buoyant lure (with no weights added to the
line or lure), or trolling from a vessel or floating
device, terminal fishing gear is restricted to a
lure or bait with one single-point hook. Hooks
must measure ¾" or less from point to shank,
and must be attached to or below the lure or
bait. Weights may not be attached below or less
than 12" above the lure or bait.

[Kc_Kracker]

if your corkies float, its good also. and remember float doesn't mean on top, it just has to be buoyant

fish on!

[Goldeneye]

if your corkies float, its good also. and remember float doesn't mean on top, it just has to be buoyant

fish on!

"Buoyant with no weights added to the line" is the rule.  So drift fishing a corky would not be legal with a treble hook because in order to get it down into the water you need a little lead on the line.

[X-Force]

So what about a  single hook jig head or weighted lure?

The weight is technically above the hook and sometime above the lure and definitely less than 12"

[7mmfan]

"Buoyant with no weights added to the line" is the rule.  So drift fishing a corky would not be legal with a treble hook because in order to get it down into the water you need a little lead on the line.
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THis is correct. The lure with the hooks on it must float under its own weight to be considered a bouyant lure.

Spinners, spoons, driftfishing outfits, jigs are considered non-bouyant lures and must have a single hook.

Really the only thing you can run trebles on is a plug because they float under their own weight with hooks attached and don't require extra weight to submerge.

[Goldeneye]

The way I understand it jigs or weighted lures are just fine as long as they are a single hook.  If the lures have a treble, convert them over to a siwash hook..  I've converted most of my plugs over even though I didn't have to since I seem to get better hookups with them.

[7mmfan]

The way I understand it jigs or weighted lures are just fine as long as they are a single hook.  If the lures have a treble, convert them over to a siwash hook..  I've converted most of my plugs over even though I didn't have to since I seem to get better hookups with them.

I agree with the above statement as well in regards to plugs. A single siwash off the back will keep more fish hooked then almost any treble, plus its so much easier to unhook fish that you want to release, and trebles are a NIGHTMARE in the net.

[Kc_Kracker]

trebles ya, i dont run them for anything i have sickle hooks on everything anyways