Let me ask this. Is it legal to cast a net and catch the shad and then fish with the shad? I have did this a few times because I assumed it was legal, I thought that was the purpose of nets being sold around here. I have never kept a game fish I caught in a net. My next question is this. If I am catching bait with a net and I have fish in my livewell and a warden comes up, would he try and accuse me of having netted those fish. I have only netted bait maybe 2 or 3 times in the last 15 years. On another note about the snagging, I caught a crappie at North Sauty on a jig a few weeks ago that had a snag hook and weight hanging out of it's side.