10-02-2003, 04:17 PM
BFFG: There are two possibilties as to the large treble hooks on large sinkers. The local piers are surrounded by giant schools of mullet. Since mullet can't be caught with bait, some anglers cast the large weights and trebles and pull them with terrific swipes of their rods and snag them. There is a group of anglers that do the same for snagging halibut. The unfortunate problem with the halibut is that most fish snagged are very, very small and being snagged doesn't lend to a healthy release. In a nut shell snagging is allowed in salt water and not allowed in fresh water. There are special restrictions with salmon and migrating trout but I don't know them off hand, although,I once caught a silver salmon on the breakwater. (1958)
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