Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Author Topic: Steelhead angler catches $575 violation ticket for using barbed hook  (Read 1208 times)

RalphH

  • Old Timer
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 4883
    • Initating Salmon Fry
Steelhead angler catches $575 violation ticket for using barbed hook
« on: January 10, 2022, 08:29:50 AM »
An angler on the Alouette was recently fined $575 for using a barbed hook on the Alouette river:

https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/356447/Lower-Mainland-man-fined-575-for-using-barbed-hook-to-catch-steelhead

CO service Jan 7 post:

https://www.facebook.com/ConservationOfficerService/posts/6868319756542850

remember to pinch and flatten the barbs folks! The fine is steep!

Logged
"Two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity... though I am not completely sure about the Universe" ...Einstein as related to F.S. Perls.