dark cloud might have a close runner up to quote of the year
http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/definitions/Foul-hooked means not hooked in the mouth. thats pretty cut and dry esox ! in the moth means in the mouth http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/general-regulations/Foul hookingAll foul-hooked trout, lake trout, coho salmon, chinook salmon, pink salmon and landlocked salmon must be released without unnecessary injury to the fish. All foul-hooked walleye in Oneida Lake and the tributaries to first bridge upstream from the lake must be released without unnecessary injury to the fish.i have only seen 1000 tickets given to a just out side the mouth or close enough to the mouth fish !
....fished up river today, it was beyond silly. The warm temps and the bump in flow did the trick. Fish were big and plenty of fresh chrome in the mix. San juans, buggers and egg patterns work for us and day. Oddly enough the bite slowed down around 3 and stayed that way until dark.
You hooked 60 steelhead in the LFZ and that's your report...come on ..... get excited, tell us how you did man!!!!!! what a day it was... one for the record books.
....okay but give me a second while I get done with this cortisone shot.
the story never ends with that guy belive me ok but he goes in your shanty not mine. i just down sized to a one man and that means me send pictures and good luck
I take issue with this reasoning............................Foul-hooked means not hooked in the mouth.Taken from:- http://www.eregulations.com/newyork/fishing/definitions/Esox got it right.............if it's hooked in the outside of the mouth it's in the mouth...........just the outside part of it, e.g. it's lips! I had several like this the other day. Clearly it took the bead in it's mouth then when I pulled to set the hook the line flossed it's MOUTH and bingo hooked someplace in the mouth, either the outside part (lips) of it or the inside part. It wasn't hooked in it's face or gills or like the real foul hooked fish in a fin or it's body.
Nah, HT can and has done better than that... Plus im not a big fan of the"end of story" saying. There is always something else to say... Plus I like Esox and we will get him on the ice this year. Maybe we should take him to the Pond, Ray Charles can catch fish there...