Snagging Coho

[Alchase]

What I saw on the Boardwalk is they would wait until they saw a school, get ahead of them, and cast just barely beyond then yank into the school when they come by. A lot of casting and then a yank or two like ‘setting the hook’, move repeat.
They are actually setting the hook, just not in the mouth, which, according to some, I guess is Ok. Certain that view would change if WDFW was standing next to them.
Arguing semantics of ‘snagging’ in the ‘General Rules’, which contain both Fresh and Salt references, is working hard to justify being able to do it.
Easy peasy to find out. Send WDFW a note and ask! Maybe I will. After all, if it is legal, I will do it too! Weeeeeeeee!
If it is NOT legal, and a person chooses to do it anyway, might as well use a few big barbed weighted treble’s. It would be better to make sure they can’t get away at least.

Every salmon I caught using a Buzz Bomb, Point Wilson Dart, etc... was on the down flutter, in the mouth.  Not on the pull up.

[spin05]

Buzzbomb for salmon in the salt you have to have a single barbless hook.  Never used one in fresh water so... 

Gary

correct and i believe its fresh too.  Last time i bought one it actually came with a single hook

[HntnFsh]

I understadn the disdain for snagging fish, but I also know of places where it shouldnt matter. The Westport basin is one of those. Its a dead end for those fish. Either they get caught and are eaten by humans or they die and sink to the bottom and are eaten by crabs.

Another spot is the Cowlitz on its good years. They get more fish back at the seperator than they need for brood stock and can truck upstream. The rest get loaded up in trucks, iced and shipped out to processors. A lot of times the public couldnt put a dent in that run even if they snagged their 6 a day when that is the limit.

[TeacherMan]

Loved living in AK and snagging salmon in the salt! Silvers with a snagging hook in them are like fighting a loose train! They will rip up the average guys gear. I used a 8’6 heavy salmon steelhead spinning ugly stick with 65 lb power pro with a nice pflueger reel. Same setup I’d cast for black bass with and have 50 plus pound lingcod come in on attached to the bass. Very fun times!

[GWP]

Yeah, like I said, if it was legal I would be hitting it pretty hard. No reason not to. Fill the freezer.

[birddogdad]

"they" snagg thousands every day right now in nets all over the sound.. just sayin...

[GWP]

Legally. By agreement via negotiated treaty. Same as with any other ‘country’ we have made agreements with.
We did not ‘win’ the war, we made agreements to stop it. Crappy agreements, from their side, but agreements none the less, that we have to abide by, even though it was a lot of years ago.
Get involved with the process to renegotiate it if you want to try and change it.
Good luck!

[HillHound]

Exactly. Just like all netting and beef jerky procuring is. 100% legal. Is that ethical. Hell no! But that was never a question. Doesn’t matter if it’s  ethical or not. Doesn’t matter if it’s good for the herds or the schools of fish. It just matters whether it’s legal. And that is the society we live in today. Yay for me and screw everyone else

[Jake Dogfish]

Snagging is for people that don’t know how to fish.

[metlhead]

Interesting. Colorado had a kokanee snag season on Cheesman reservoir with a limit of 40 per day. Was meant to allow the resource to be utilized and not overwhelm the river with too many salmon. Must've been a lot of folks that didn't know how to fish. Same goes for those darn Missouri paddlefishers!

[Angry Perch]

We used to snag carp in the creeks every spring in Minnesota. What a blast. A big carp hooked in the back will give your gear a good test!

[GWP]

I did a lot of bowfishing for carp. I was not as good a fisherman, so I used a bow.
 
I did eat them though, so there is that.
 

[Pacific Ghost]

E Regulations are different than the WDFW pamphlet. Who publishes the E regulations?