05-07-2014, 03:20 AM
[quote hooknhunter]I think you are missing the point Mojo. I'm certain that fish and game intends for Salmon fishing to be either the same or similar to steelhead in that you have limits on the number of hooks, hook size, and barbless. The point is that it is not clear, at least I can't find any place that makes it clear. Everything I find would indicate you could use up to 5 hooks, that are barbed, of any size, but I'm sure that is not what fish and game intends.
Someone said they contacted fish and game, and I had already done that as well. I'd expect either a press release or a revised pamphlet to come out as I'm sure they do not intend to let us fish for salmon with barbed hooks of any size.[/quote]
I get it. If you read the General Rules, under Salmon and Steelhead it shows methods of take. That is where it lists the hooks and size limitations for anadromous fish. Idaho has always treated the pamphlet as an emergency addendum to the genreal rules book. You are right that if they took the time to define everything again in the salmon rules pamphlet, or at least referenced the general rules book (which they used to do) on that pamphlet, it would be a lot clearer. It seems some things have fallen through the cracks in the F&G's effort to simplify the rules...
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Someone said they contacted fish and game, and I had already done that as well. I'd expect either a press release or a revised pamphlet to come out as I'm sure they do not intend to let us fish for salmon with barbed hooks of any size.[/quote]
I get it. If you read the General Rules, under Salmon and Steelhead it shows methods of take. That is where it lists the hooks and size limitations for anadromous fish. Idaho has always treated the pamphlet as an emergency addendum to the genreal rules book. You are right that if they took the time to define everything again in the salmon rules pamphlet, or at least referenced the general rules book (which they used to do) on that pamphlet, it would be a lot clearer. It seems some things have fallen through the cracks in the F&G's effort to simplify the rules...
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