UPDATED: Caught me a Steelhead on the Centerpin (Vid/Pic)

[MuskieBait]

You know, in this case it is a harder call for me. Hook bend is on the inside of the mouth, hook shank is pointed outward, and if you look at the gum, it is lifted...indicating the hook is set even deeper into the mouth. The hook point is set into the bone of the upper jaw from the inside toward the outside. It looks pretty legit to me...hook point and hook bend are well inside the mouth.

I've had fish hooked barely inside the mouth before in this fashion. It happens more often with worms because I usually thread half of the worm onto the line and leave the other half dangling. Sometimes the fish grabbed half of the worm when it pulls the float down, and with a quick hookset, the fish doesn't have enough time to take the worm deep enough just yet.

I've had steelhead hooked by the tip of the jaw (lower or upper) on roe bags...maybe just millimeters from the tip of the snout...but always inside the mouth (and more often than not the roe bag would be completely crushed...another sign of a real bite instead of flossing).