Whats your definition of a Snagger?

[iJay]

Without the use of race, sex or age. What defines a snagger to you? Primarily speaking on rivers.

To me, someone with;

20lbs+line
Short rods
Large hooks
Lower quality boots/waders

Over fishing, Out of season, fishes the limits of "sancuturaries"
Short drifts+Jerking motions

 

[rich_ace_G]

snagger - based on what i saw on a river...50lb braid + 15lb mono leader + styrofoam on a size 2 treble.

 

[Rain-Bow]

Pretty much anyone who hooks fish without the fish willingly biting.

 

[PDG]

Pretty much anyone who hooks fish without the fish willingly biting.

yup ^^^ that's the one

 

[Klik]

Pretty much anyone who hooks fish without the fish willingly biting.

x2

 

[iJay]

My question was looking more less for a response with more details than that.

Alot of snaggers as I have seen use "camelion" kinda behaviour. When they think people are looking they try to keep thier lines in the water and longer drifts. Alot of them are concealing the use of large hooks and big lead.

There are the few who just dont care who are looking with that "its time for the fish to die" mentality.

What are your tell tale signs that a snagger is in your presense?

 

[Brian]

Alot of fish are snagged....intentional snagging is the problem...
Seems like some think people with lower quality gear are the only ones that snag fish; you'd be surprised...

 

[PDG]

I was gonna say the same thing, there are a lot of guys out there that have the best equipment head to toe and they use light line and still intentionally snag fish

 

[BASSMASTER19]

Pretty much anyone who hooks fish without the fish willingly biting.

x3 i use 20lb line, admittedly lower quality waders ( im not gonna get simms anytime soon, sorry remy ) and a short rod because quite frankly i dont like 15ft long lightning rods, but am i a snagger ? I hope not

 

[iJay]

You maybe the exception to the rule. This isnt a personal attack to anyone in specific. just tryna get peoples take on this.

I dont have n e thing close to simms.

 

[Rain-Bow]

Things like clothing quality, skin color, ethnicity and hook size are stereotypes. Often times you wouldn't be able to tell who is snagging because they may have typical float fishing gear and are hooking fish on the mouth. Occasionally someone who is dumb enough to use just a plain treble hook may get caught, but for the most part guys who snag fish look like they're legitimate.

 

[Klik]

ask citybass how he does it, i think he uses a stick lure in the rapids.

joking aside.

flossing is type of snagging. more of a pro/veteran/bored fisherman with more experience and expensive gear just aim better. some times for roe, some times for sport, not intended to keep the fish for dinner.

but a true snagger is some one with trolling rod, braided line, no leader and uses questionable type of bait.


i judge people on their rod and the line they use(salmon season only), but i never judge people based on waders. i use 50 dollar hip waders and my rod/reel can buy 3 simm g3s.

 

[Knuguy]

Lower quality boots/waders

Completely irrelevant to the question.

 

[redneckchromer]

if the guys wearing one of these hats, chances are hes snaggin

 

[morrisbp]

Completely irrelevant to the question.

Yeah my thoughts exactly, guess to have to spend lots of money to be a legit fisherman.

 

[grayer]

Pretty much anyone who hooks fish without the fish willingly biting.

Not always intentional. This year I hooked a fish by its dorsal completly by accident for the first time and it was awful, couldn't imagine how people could do it intentionally… I too use cheaper waders, but my gear makes up for it. I sure do need some new waders though…the water isn't exactly warm right now lol

 

[AKnook]

Pretty much anyone who hooks fish without the fish willingly biting.

Pretty much it. I have seen people like this who intentially snag fish everywhere with head to toe simms gear. Gear doesn't matter. Ethics does.

 

[OCDComputing]

My definition is the rat ba$tard that I saw at a hole with 20 fish...ripping a big spoon...he finally managed to snag one in the back..took him 20 minutes to land it. I confronted him about it and got "what?"...every time I said it was illegal and he had to throw it back..."what?"...I just about pushed his skinny a$$ in the river...except he was with a bunch of people...and they already had one fish bagged. If I had my phone with me, I would have taken his picture and posted it here

 

[Klik]

 

[Ridx]

The kid I ran into in a west trib a few weeks ago, The hook looked like those hooks you put on the brim of your hat, A huge weight right at the eye, A 5' rod and no gear with him aside from his friend with a net, Chasing salmon up and down the trib.

Snaggers come in all shapes and sizes, gear, race, age don't play any part of it.