Minn. Stat. § 97C.331: SNAGGING FISH PROHIBITED.

Subdivision 1. General prohibition.

A person may not:

(1) intentionally take fish by snagging; or

(2) use a snag line, snag pole, snag hook, or cluster of fish hooks, designed to be placed in or drawn through the water to hook the body of a fish.

Subd. 2. Lake Superior tributaries.

On tributaries to Lake Superior below the posted boundaries, and on tributaries to Lake Superior with no posted boundaries, a fish that is hooked in any part of the body except in the mouth must be immediately unhooked and returned to the water.