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stelmon
01-30-2001, 08:58 PM
OK....while salmon fishing last year I saw this family casting torpedoes into my pod of fish. But when i told them what they were doing they said they are practicing catch and release. Sure enough they were catching and releasing. Is this legal. they werent ripping and jerking which i thought was wierd. They just wanted the fight out of them. I ended up meeting them up at the foote a day later and they were doing the same thing. They even caught a huge and i mean huge king and they release it. Boehr, is this right. legal. what.

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Stelmon, the only one.
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boehr
01-30-2001, 09:15 PM
As long as they are not snagging or attempting to snag, which you stated they were not jerking or anything, catch and release is a very legal and preffered method of fishing by some.
stelmon
01-31-2001, 04:26 PM
but they were getting all the salmon by the side. Is it still legal.

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Stelmon, the only one.
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boehr
01-31-2001, 06:59 PM
If they are not intentionally attempting to snag the fish and are using legal lures, I'm guessing by torpedo you are talking about a cylidical weight, probably about the size of your baby finger with trble hooks attached in the same manner as a raapala. If that's what they are using and not jerking and not keeping the fish, yes it's legal, maybe unethical if they are taking that many fish, but legal.
stelmon
01-31-2001, 08:56 PM
OH ok...thanks boehr

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stelmon
02-15-2001, 07:05 PM
Is there a way to get the illegal?

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Stelmon, the only one.
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boehr
02-15-2001, 08:32 PM
stelmon...I'm not sure what you are asking?
stelmon
02-15-2001, 09:01 PM
Is there away the torpedoes could be made illegal, so the snagger's can't use them.

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Stelmon, the only one.
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boehr
02-16-2001, 12:52 PM
Not without including a lot of legal lures with them. The best is peer pressure and reporting the people snagging.
stelmon
02-16-2001, 03:03 PM
darn, well is that is how to do it, i guess i will.

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Stelmon, the only one.
Becareful out there..