02-04-2015, 02:26 PM
[quote BearLakeFishGuy]
If you follow the regs, they are crystal clear.
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Making a statement that "Anglers may keep foul-hooked Bonneville cisco that are taken through normal, legal fishing activities." may be crystal clear to you, but I have a hunch that you would get a lengthy list of interpretations if you asked anglers what that meant to them. The next paragraph reading, "A person may not possess a multipoint hook with a weight permanently or rigidly attached directly to the shank -- or a weight suspended below a multipoint hook -- unless the hook is on an unweighted dropper line that is at least three inches long." is crystal clear. However; it does not state that this is the definition of what is meant by the first statement. As a minimum, this could be more clearly written, and at the worst one could be ticketed by an aggressive officer applying his/her interpretation as to what is meant by "normal, legal fishing activities".
This isn't that far fetched. For at least a couple years, anglers were being ticketed at Strawberry because some officers used their own interpretation of what was a cutthroat trout. That is why the current Guidebook reads, "Any trout with cutthroat characteristics [#BF0000](not necessarily jaw slashing)[/#BF0000] is considered to be a cutthroat trout" (emphasis added).
I thank you for replying, and I accept your interpretation, because I realize you have inside knowledge of the situation.
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If you follow the regs, they are crystal clear.
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Making a statement that "Anglers may keep foul-hooked Bonneville cisco that are taken through normal, legal fishing activities." may be crystal clear to you, but I have a hunch that you would get a lengthy list of interpretations if you asked anglers what that meant to them. The next paragraph reading, "A person may not possess a multipoint hook with a weight permanently or rigidly attached directly to the shank -- or a weight suspended below a multipoint hook -- unless the hook is on an unweighted dropper line that is at least three inches long." is crystal clear. However; it does not state that this is the definition of what is meant by the first statement. As a minimum, this could be more clearly written, and at the worst one could be ticketed by an aggressive officer applying his/her interpretation as to what is meant by "normal, legal fishing activities".
This isn't that far fetched. For at least a couple years, anglers were being ticketed at Strawberry because some officers used their own interpretation of what was a cutthroat trout. That is why the current Guidebook reads, "Any trout with cutthroat characteristics [#BF0000](not necessarily jaw slashing)[/#BF0000] is considered to be a cutthroat trout" (emphasis added).
I thank you for replying, and I accept your interpretation, because I realize you have inside knowledge of the situation.
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