single rod rule for bait fish?

[goodkarma]

does anyone know if the single rod rule applies to bait fish as well, such as herring? In years past, we've been trolling for Salmon and come through schools of bait fish. It would have been nice to leave our Salmon rods in the water and still jig for bait, is this legal? (we didn't because we didn't for certain if it was legal)

Yes it does, unless you're fishing more than 3 miles off shore for pelagic species and no fish other than pelagic species are onboard your boat.