Which statement best describes the Artificial Lures Only designation?

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Artificial Lures Only means you may not use natural bait; you must fish with artificial lures that have hooks. This designation typically doesn't restrict the rod type, so spinning rods are allowed, and you can use a wide range of manufactured lures as long as they are artificial. So the best description is that you can use spinning rods and any manufactured lure with hooks, but natural bait is prohibited.

The other options don’t fit because they either narrow the rule too much (unweighted flies only) or impose a rod-type limit (fly rods only) or allow live bait, which contradicts the idea of artificial lures only.