This was the Minnesota state law I could find:
” 97C.331 SNAGGING FISH PROHIBITED.
Subdivision 1.General prohibition.
A person may not:
(1) intentionally take fish by snagging; or
(2) use a snag line, snag pole, snag hook, or cluster of fish hooks, designed to be placed in or drawn through the water to hook the body of a fish.
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Subd. 2.Prohibition on Lake Superior tributaries.
On tributaries to Lake Superior below the posted boundaries, and on tributaries to Lake Superior with no posted boundaries, a fish that is hooked in any part of the body except in the mouth must be immediately unhooked and returned to the water.”
I’m confused. I had always thought the stipulation was that a legally hooked fish had the hook inside the mouth. Apparently that’s only specified for Lake superior tributaries, and very poorly defined for the rest of the state of MN.
We need a CO to hang around on this website.
S.R.