What do you think of snagging as a fishing method?

If someone could spear fish legally I dont see how snagging could be a bad thing. I also believe its very difficult to catch fish with that method unless there are tons of them. I had a friend from Alaska tell me that certain places in AK you could snag salmon.He actually went to one of the events and the shoreline was filled with people trying to snag one, but no one got a fish

Never tried it. There is an area that has hundreds of spoonbill catfish in it a few miles from the house. It is legal to snag them and there are many that take advantage of it. They seem to have a great time, and sometimes their efforts are rewarded with fish up to 60 lbs or so.The battles they have trying to land a fish is an epic one. When there is a hard current of water working in his favor and the fish is not hooked in the mouth making him very hard to reel in when he is sideways, against the current and may be 20-40 lbs, I can see the sport in it.

But I would not like to see bass snagged for any reason.But since spoonbills cannot be caught except on rare occasions on a trot line, snagging is the only way to use the resource.

Every year, I see people trying to snag spawning bass on their beds. I know most who did that weren't real poachers. They're just frustrated because they couldn't trigger a bite. But, I still find snagging bedding bass very unsporting and distasteful.

I've seen people trying to snag cruising carp that refused to take their baits every year. Stocked trout that swam in schools were also on the list. Most of them couldn't get a "hook up". For those rare few that managed to sank their hook onto a fish, a very high percentage of them failed to reel the fish in. In another word, many fish would wounded in the process. Again, I find such acts unsporting and distasteful.

I've also seen people illegally snagging freshwater baitfish every single year. Oddly, I kind of don't mind seeing people snagging baitfish. Generally speaking, I don't think snagging is a good fishing method and such acts should not be promoted.

In my eyes, snagging is a more agressive way of getting a fish, but not a bad thing. If we are allowed to shoot deer with a gun, we should be able to snag a fish on a hook and reel him in, no matter how the hook goes in. Trapping is the most brutal of techniques next to clubbing.

My opinion is that there are bigger and better things to worry about in this country right now rather than how fish are being caught. :-P

Its not as sporting as enticing the fish to bite, but i can imagine that it can be just challenging at times.

I would only snag a fish if i was in a survival situation and needed the food.

In some locations & with some species of fish, it is illegal to intently to try snagging the fish.

If you happen to be in a place that you can legally snag the fish, i would say that doing so, would be up to you

It's not my cup of tea either. I have done it with carp a couple times though. The were spawning and damn near beaching themselves... the bass weren't biting... I just needed some action and they were just so close! I couldn't help myself! They were released.

As far as local government goes, the snagging of carp should be LEGAL.