nd it is not legal to target them even as catch and release out of season
Wow I REALLY need to read the regs closely...that's unbelievable.

There's a huge culture difference in the conservation mindset between Minnesota DNR and Georgia & Virginia where I've lived in the past.


The first major difference was the "1 baited pole in the water" thing. Down south they jug for catfish where they'll put out 100 floats in a cove and sit back and relax. That, to me is one extreme. The 1 pole rule is the other end of the extreme to me.

Now the "can't intentionally fish for something out of season" rule....wow. That's stupid. I understand that in off-shore fishing where when you pull up a fish from 200 feet their bladder pops they're going to die but not being able to intentionally fish for a small mouth in early May? That's just silly.

Ahh well, gotta cope I guess.