05-09-2003, 09:57 PM
I have also noticed that the definition in the proclamation is not the best when it comes to casting nets. I have posed the question to the UDWR and they have said that they are Ok as long as they don't exceed 10 feet in length or width. Which is the limitation for seines. I assume that a casting net falls under the definition of a seine. Last year the gal who manages the Soldier Creek launch ramp was so certain that a guy up there throwing a casting net was doing something illegal, that she called the UDWR officer to come and issue him a citation. The UDWR officer verified that he hadn't kept any game fish, and wished him good luck fishing with the minnows. It would be a shame to make them illegal, because they provide so much entertainment -- not for the person who is catching minnows, but to everyone watching the guy trying to throw one. Let me just say, there is a real art to throwing one effectively, and I don't think that I would have ever figured it out (as well as I have anyway) if Tude Dude hadn't discovered an excellent on-line video that I could watch.
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