09-24-2010, 04:57 PM
[quote hulapopper]thanks for the link. it will be interesting to see how they try and inforce this. i fish for cats at strike and hook sturgeon all the time . are they going to try and ticket me if i have a sturgeon on ? am i to cut my line ? i refuse to use barbless circle hooks for catfish. i use a 10 foot rod for cats. will i be checked for sturgeon rig violations even though i am catfishing ? it will be interesting.........[/quote]
Just to be on the safe side, it would not take that much for you to comply. You could just remove the barb from your j hook (circles are not required) and then use a dropper line for your sinker if you are not doing that already. I don't think that a barbless J hook would lower your landing rate that much, if any at all. I am sure you don't really expect to have to cut your line if you have a sturgeon on, since that would do more harm than good.
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Just to be on the safe side, it would not take that much for you to comply. You could just remove the barb from your j hook (circles are not required) and then use a dropper line for your sinker if you are not doing that already. I don't think that a barbless J hook would lower your landing rate that much, if any at all. I am sure you don't really expect to have to cut your line if you have a sturgeon on, since that would do more harm than good.
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