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[salmonlover]

A-BOATER is talking about BARE hooks, a hook that is undressed, not BAR hooks, or BARBED hooks.

There are no regulations which prohibit you from using a bare hook, as long as you do not intend to foul hook fish.

thats not true. you have to put something on your hook when you are bottom bouncing or else it is consider snagging. so ive been told

[Rodney]

That's because when you are bottom bouncing in the Fraser River, you are intending to snag.

[Suther]

Im thinking you probably need a good excuse to be using a bare hook if a DFO officer strolls up...

[jacked55]

not at all, just explain you read that it is ok to fish with a BARE hook on a well known fishing forum website and im sure the DFO will accept that explanation wouldnt he?
 

[Tenz85]

When fishing for sockeyes from our boat some guy tells us what I thought was a long tale ( bull or hot air )
He claimed ya could just tie a bare red hook behind your dodger or flasher & ya will get socks to bite.
Yep a it turned out it was fact.
We nailed socks near the mouth of the N Arm of the Fraser.
Another source tells ya can use a blue or black bare hook as well.
Blue bare hook ?
Guess one paints it.

Socks must have great eye sight.

if Hook/lure has a flasher/dodger attached, it shouldn't fall into the category of bare?

[zap brannigan]

couple wraps of red thread on there  and call it a fly.

[bsmcrosseyed]

If you r really picky, the red spectrum of light penetrates the shallowest in water. The theory is red is harder to see the deeper you go.

[sumasriver]

Who needs a hook ?  You should be able to entice the coho to follow your lure up right to the shore and beach themselves.  Takes some practise though and crocs work best .