Actually Rob, "attempting" to catch fish in such a way that the fish doesn't intentionally take the hooks into it's mouth is illegal. You can catch them any way they get hooked but, if it's a salmon and if it's in fresh water, you are not allowed to keep them unless they are hooked in the head.

For example - If you are fishing with a spoon and the fish hits the spoon and the hook behind the spoon pulls forward and gets stuck in the outside of the fishes mouth you were not snagging. You were attempting to get the fish to intentionally bite the hook which it would have if only the ignorant fish would have approached it from behind instead of from the side.

Furthermore it is legal to keep the fish, even if it is a salmon and it is caught in fresh water.

I wonder when they will breed a fish that can look at a hook and think, "I really want to get that thing stuck in my mouth so I can get drug around the river until I'm all tuckered out and then get my picture taken."

You get my point? Hope so cause I really do believe that you might be smarter than a fish.