Quote Originally Posted by clfarms1 View Post
CULLING It is illegal to replace a smaller fish held in possession with a larger fish unless: the smaller fish is counted toward the daily limit or released within the confines of a bona-fide catch-and-release fishing tournament which requires the participants to have a boat live well with a pump constantly adding fresh or recirculating water. Once you have 5 10 inch fish in your livewell you cant put in a bigger one and throw one back or you would have to count that as 6 fish. I looked up the regs on snagging and it looks like you can only snag certain times of the year and this isn't the time of year that you can. I'm not sure on the snag regs but that's the way I read it. It may not seem like much about releasing the buffalo or keeping it as there are a lot or them in the lake, but the laws are set up for everywhere and there are people that make there living catching them commercially so we have to respect that.

I jaxsprat do not fully know snagging rules, but have read in Outdoor news where guys on Illinois river have got tickets for snagging Asian Carp out of season, so yes there is a season.