HUMPY MADNESS

[JBar]

  I don't waste my time with a camera down there but I understand your point. It's a flossing game with that many fish in the river I don't care who you are and how short your leader is or how good a fisherman. If the fish could see more than an inch in front of their faces I would say differently. But like I said 6 of the eight were in the mouth, I didn't say they bit the hook! I just go down to have a little fun catch some fish and let them go for their next flossing!

[JBar]

Something else I've noticed there too, I really believe some guys think it is legal to hook a fish OUTSIDE the mouth, anywhere near the mouth, clearly it is not legal.

That's one of the reasons I let them go! Snag is a snag if it aint inside the mouth.

[Dmanmastertracker]

  Well, that's the most honest post I've seen on the Puke lately.

-D

[singleshot12]

I refuse to get the humpy madness fever..and resort to becoming a humpie fisherman. I tried it a few years ago but became disgusted(not by the fish themselves)but by all the idiots that call themselves fishermen and the only way they can catch them is to snag them.
I guess it could be entertaining for some to see all the yahoo's come out of the woodworks and make fools of themselves snagging fish etc. etc.
But the worst part is the garbage and unethical thing of it all that ruins it and makes us all look bad.

[NRA4LIFE]

Fished 8-2 on Thursday and Friday of last week.  All I can say is HOLY CRAP.  Limited both days in a couple hours or less, 12 both days.  On Friday at one time we caught 10 fish in 35 minutes.  It was crazy on the boat.

[Gobble]

I refuse to get the humpy madness fever..and resort to becoming a humpie fisherman. I tried it a few years ago but became disgusted(not by the fish themselves)but by all the idiots that call themselves fishermen and the only way they can catch them is to snag them.
I guess it could be entertaining for some to see all the yahoo's come out of the woodworks and make fools of themselves snagging fish etc. etc.
But the worst part is the garbage and unethical thing of it all that ruins it and makes us all look bad.

We call them JOE DIRT CRACKERS  Every hillbilly on the wetside is out for Humpies with their snoopy rods and 30 lb line jerking on every retrieve and  thinking they have a "Monster" on because the fish is hooked in the motor (tail) as it comes in backwards. I really hate the cracker crowd.

[woodywsu]

Something else I've noticed there too, I really believe some guys think it is legal to hook a fish OUTSIDE the mouth, anywhere near the mouth, clearly it is not legal.

As long as it is hooked above the gill plate, it is considered legal.

[Gobble]

Something else I've noticed there too, I really believe some guys think it is legal to hook a fish OUTSIDE the mouth, anywhere near the mouth, clearly it is not legal.

As long as it is hooked above the gill plate, it is considered legal.

Not true anymore, it used to be gill plate forward but the law has changed and it HAS to be in the mouth now.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 A few rules not being followed on the Puke:

 FRESHWATER: “It is unlawful to totally remove salmon, steelhead, or Dolly Varden/bull trout from the water if it is
unlawful to retain those fish, or if the angler subsequently releases the salmon, steelhead, Dolly Varden, or bull trout.”

 You May Not:
Snag or attempt to snag fish.

 
 -FYI beaching is removing from the water.

[Goldeneye]

Not condoning anything but hooked inside the mouth, but here is a cut and paste from the game regs.  Don't think the reg's on this have changed.

It is unlawful to possess a fish taken from
freshwater that was not hooked inside the
mouth or on the head. The head is defined as
any portion forward of the rear margin of the
gill plate.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 The only real question is whether or not it is intentional, if a gamey sits in the trees and watches you pull in fish after fish hooked outside the mouth, be prepared to do some explaining..... I don't think they will haggle with you over an inch or so in the location of the hook, they will look for how you are fishing, everyone knows snagging is pretty obvious, fleecing, flossing, whatever the hell you want to call it, there is no gray area for intentional snagging and those that are doing it are kidding themselves if they think the law is that broad. The definition is intended to cover the guy that's fishing legally, who say gets one hook down the gullet and maybe the front hook on the gum line. You start hooking fish after fish behind the head, under the jaw, etc.. it will get noticed, primarily because to do that you would be displaying other behaviors, such as ripping your gear through the pockets, rather than free drifting and retrieving immediately at the end of the drift.

[Fishnclifff]

This is why I make the 4 hr trip to the Skagit.
We plunk on the bar. 4 of us fished for 3 hrs and limited. 12 pinks and 4 coho.
No snaggers ( flossers), a few people throwin spoons below the plunkers.
I gave out some tips on rigging sand shrimp and hook choices. People were catchin fish left and right.
2 more trips scheduled for friday and saturday.
It was a fun day fishin.

[Tom Tamer]

Something else I've noticed there too, I really believe some guys think it is legal to hook a fish OUTSIDE the mouth, anywhere near the mouth, clearly it is not legal.

As long as it is hooked above the gill plate, it is considered legal.

Not true anymore, it used to be gill plate forward but the law has changed and it HAS to be in the mouth now.

True and everyone I kept was inside the mouth, i run a three foot leader and get a lot of soft bites and can feel the fish pick it up and hold it. And well I don't need pictures to prove it I only need to prove it to myself,WDFW and my maker...if some don't believe others well that's there choice

[huntnphool]

 I will be hitting the bay tomorrow afternoon, my buddy hooked 14 and landed 10 yesterday trolling pink hoochies. I will take pics for you Dman, of course trolling the bay is not quite the same as fishing the river.

 I have always wanted to try anchoring in the Puyallup between 1-5 and the mouth with a diver and pink hoochie, spin&glo or AceHigh etc. has anyone tried this?