I learned my lesson about snagging when, one day, in a fit of genious, I whacked the side of a large mola with a jig. Not only is messing with a mola bad karma, but I had a 9' jig stick and a big load of very angry mola steaking straight down at mach 2. Lesson learned, I had to repent to the fish gods for some time for that stupid trick, as well as sporting a nice sore back! DON'T SNAG ANY FISH!!! If you can't hook them proper, you don't deserve to be involved with the fish.