[CowHunter]

You see the Yo-Yoing topic bought up so many times on how it "hurts" the fish and how it should be banned, yet this method is only effective in such a small area targeting structure oriented fish only in certain conditions. It is limited to boat fishing only. The amount of people actually fishing this method and being effective at it is minuscule and those that are effective have every intention of killing the fish they catch. If there is so much concern of "hurting" these fish why do you never, ever see any talk of banning "snagging hooks"??? They are trebble hooks with a hunk of lead all in one! The "snagg and drop" method is used by thousands, and thousands of bouth shorebound and boat anglers! The method is used from as far north as the pogie swims to as far south as the pogie swims! The angler casts and rips the "snagging" hook through schools of pogies. There is no consideration to the collateral harm that it causes pogies, blues, bass, and other species of fish, sometimes mammal as the snagging hook cuts deep into them only to cause infection later. Eventually one of these pogies will become "snagged" then dropped, and then a fish, preferably a large bass will eat it! The angler will wait till the predatory fish has the snagged bunker deep, deep in the gut before sticking them with all their might! The fish is then dragged in and onto the beach or boat. Once in the angler kills the fish or if the fish is not to liking cut the line and release the fish because it is easier to retie a new rig or dig into the fishes gut, make a bloody mess, salvage the snagging hook and either way release it only to repeat the process.
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