Stink - You probably would have spent the weekend in jail. I would have felt like doing that too but it IS a public lake. My guess is that they may have limited out and went and stashed the fish and came back for more. I remember a fella telling me he was running 100 yo yo's on Hugo AND all his family were rod & reel fishing too. He would drive back to Durant every other day and put the fillets in the freezer and drive back. He said he had around 100 pounds of fillets already.
Some people forget their manners when the fish are shallow and the picking is easy. Those folks disappear until next Spring because they cant catch fish after they leave the shallows. I bet they are not members of CRAPPIE.com either