The problem is some people, myself included, have many barbed sturgeon hooks from before the reg changes. I use a dremel to remove the barb complety...
I was out in the kayak scouting the upper AR this weekend and didn't see any signs of shad that far up yet, but I did float over a ton of squaw fish....
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl "Will you marry me?" The girl said "NO!" And the guy lived happily ever after and went fishing, hunting and drank beer and farted whenever he wanted. THE END