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Offline fatty crusher

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #210 on: Jan 31, 2021, 07:48 AM »
Well, I guess thats that then.

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #211 on: Jan 31, 2021, 08:29 AM »
“Ice fishing
regulations require a device be under direct control of the angler and the angler must
set the hook.”---curious logic.Is a tip-up 'under direct control of the angler".Here in Ont the ruing was that spring loaded devices were illegal but a rod loaded in tension(sic) is legal---they really should have said loaded by bending. (Ever try pulling on the tip of a rod??)
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Offline walikilr

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #212 on: Mar 07, 2021, 06:02 PM »
Just listened to the Pa Comm meeting on legalizing Jawjackers. Sounds like they will be legal. Rest In Peace JAWJACKER tread. All 8 pages of you.

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #213 on: Mar 09, 2021, 07:28 AM »
LMBO!  ;D  We can only hope...........
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Offline Captn66

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #215 on: Apr 12, 2021, 12:50 PM »
Just listened to the Pa Comm meeting on legalizing Jawjackers. Sounds like they will be legal. Rest In Peace JAWJACKER tread. All 8 pages of you.

They just voted in favor of it.  I found it interesting they actually went out of their way to include downriggers and planer boards in the language of allowed devices.  almost like they realized there wasn't any real difference between them

Offline badbrad2186

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #216 on: Apr 13, 2021, 06:34 AM »
They just voted in favor of it.  I found it interesting they actually went out of their way to include downriggers and planer boards in the language of allowed devices.  almost like they realized there wasn't any real difference between them

Only difference is what season they are used
If you sit around all day and do nothing your a bum, but if you sit in a boat all day or in a shanty and do nothing they call you a fisherman

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Re: Jawjackers
« Reply #217 on: Apr 19, 2021, 10:50 AM »
https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/fish-and-boat-commission-details.aspx?newsid=382

The Board approved the publication of proposed rulemaking pertaining to authorized devices for ice fishing.  The proposed amendments to 58 Pa. Code § 63.10 (Ice Fishing) and § 63.6 (Authorized Devices for Game Fish, Baitfish, and Fishbait), would allow for legal use of devices such as the JawJacker, Automatic Fisherman, Easy Set Hooksetter, Sure Shot Hooksetter, and Bro Craft Ice Fishing Tip-up while ice fishing. 

Over the past several ice fishing seasons, anglers have repeatedly asked the PFBC whether these devices are legal.  These devices consist of a rodholder, which allows anglers to put a bend in the fishing rod and pre-load it with the aid of a triggering device.  When a fish takes the lure or bait, tension on the fishing line causes the trigger mechanism to release the rod which, being pre-loaded, automatically sets the hook without additional assistance by the angler.  The angler is then free to fight the fish with a normal fishing rod and reel.

"These devices operate in a manner similar to down-riggers and immediately hook a fish that takes the bait, in most cases faster than a fisherman could do so," said PFBC District 7 Commissioner William Gibney.  "The current regulations are decades old and can be interpreted to suggest that such devices would not be legal.  The argument for allowing such devices is that the fish are nearly always hooked in the lip.  Fish do not get the chance to swallow the bait, allowing anglers to return non-target and undersized fish to the water unharmed.  Clearly, these devices benefit both the angler and the fish, especially as more participants practice catch and release fishing methods."

Under the proposed changes, anglers must still be active participants in fishing, be nearby their equipment, and land the fish as quickly as possible.

If approved on final rulemaking at a future meeting, the new regulations will go into effect upon publication of a second notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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