NO!! Ive never had a steelhead or salmon swallow any bait ive used. Plunking and pulling divers is another story. Your standard drift rig and float rig offer little time for a fish to "inhale" the offering, unless you are totally unconscious. like mentioned above, there are times a bait ban is totally necessary - CNR seasons, and heavy smolt migration timing.

tap..tap...tap... tap... tap...ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
fish on :p
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