Fishing Regulation

[mnbassman23]

**Anglers may use two lines with up to three hooks per line.**

 

You read this in your fishing regulations book. Can you use up to 3 lures with single hooks per line OR only one lure with up to 3 hooks per lure (crankbiat with 3 trebles for example)?

 

A buddy and I do not see eye to eye on this and your input is appreciated.

[kylek]

The way I read it is either one crankbait/jerkbait  with up to 3 hooks or say an A-rig with only 3 hooked baits. 

[rockchalk06]

In Oklahoma and Kansas, one hook is one hook. A treble hook is one hook and a single hook is one hook

[Marty]

I'd e-mail or call your DNR for clarification. New York clarifies it when they say a line can have no more than five baits or lures and the line can have no more than 15 hook points in any combination of single, double or treble hooks.

[slonezp]

I'd e-mail or call your DNR for clarification. New York clarifies it when they say a line can have no more than five baits or lures and the line can have no more than 15 hook points in any combination of single, double or treble hooks.

X2 A hook might be considered a hook, or a bait. Also take down names of the officer(s) you spoke with. If you get checked while fishing and the officer says you are in violation, tell them "so and so" told you the regulation. The officers may not all be on the same page.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Every year I read the Maryland fishing regulations book from front to back (whether it's relevant to my fishing or not.) 

 

I'm assuming that this is a Minnesota regulation that you're debating. If so, here's a clip from the reg book. 

 

It says that you can have up to 3 hooks on a "single tackle configuration" so long as the entire rig is 9" or less. A "single tackle configuration" is either live, dead, pressed or dead bait. (Walleye crawler harness is considered a "single tackle configuration!!")

 

For artificial lures you can have one extra hook on the line (trailer hook) as long as it's within 3" of the lure. 

 

So if you're debating Minnesota regulations then it's not legal to have multiple lures on one line, and the 3 hooks thing isn't applicable to lures at all.

[mnbassman23]

Every year I read the Maryland fishing regulations book from front to back (whether it's relevant to my fishing or not.) 

 

I'm assuming that this is a Minnesota regulation that you're debating. If so, here's a clip from the reg book. 

 

It says that you can have up to 3 hooks on a "single tackle configuration" so long as the entire rig is 9" or less. A "single tackle configuration" is either live, dead, pressed or dead bait. (Walleye crawler harness is considered a "single tackle configuration!!")

 

For artificial lures you can have one extra hook on the line (trailer hook) as long as it's within 3" of the lure. 

 

So if you're debating Minnesota regulations then it's not legal to have multiple lures on one line, and the 3 hooks thing isn't applicable to lures at all.

 

Thank you for the feedback guys I am going to contact my DNR just to make sure, but I wanted to see what others here thought. 

 

Snakehead Whisperer, thanks for the info. In this particular circumstance I am talking about a border water lake (MN/SD). MN and SD differ in their regulations and the border water regulations seem to somewhat meet in the middle. I am going to give the DNR a call or email tomorrow to sort this out. 

[Sam]

Line 1 = 3 hooks

Line 2 = 3 hooks

 

That's how I interpert it.

[SirSnookalot]

Get in writing and carry it with you.

[wademaster1]

Ummmm, count the number of hooks on each line.....don't go over three

[CoBass]

We have the same reg here but they went a little further and defined a hook as having a common shank so a treble hook counts as one hook. A crankbait with three trebles would use up all of the hooks allowed for one line. Funny thing is that the ice fishermen have figured out a loophole. They use three really long leaders with a single hook on each leader. Each leader is attached to one main line. They drill six holes and drop one baited leader down each hole and hand line the fish in when they hook up. Technically they are within the law because they only have two common lines with three hooks on each line but they wind up fishing six different holes at once. They are outside the spirit of the law but until the law is rewritten to limit the length of a leader they are still within the letter of the law. 

[senile1]

Missouri is the same as what CoBass described.  A single treble hook counts as one hook.  Three hooks are allowed per rod.  I actually pasted the Missouri regulations for Alabama rigs in another thread under the Fishing Tackle forum and the MDC specifically makes this point in that documentation.