Is your state's DNR as irritating as Indiana?

[nofearengineer]

Years ago, while living in Florida, I became pretty good with a cast net. I never wanted for mullet or menhaden to bait my hooks with. Upon learning that my favorite lakee, Patoka, had become infested with Gizzard Shad, and that the DNR had stocked Striped Bass to control them, I bought a cast net to hopefully catch some good live bait. Then I read the following in the 2009 Indiana DNR regulations:

"You may use wild fish as live bait as long as the fish was caught legally and meets any size, catch, or possession limits established for that species. Goldfish may be used as live bait. Carp and gizzard shad cannot be used as live bait, except at Brookville Lake, where live shad may be used."

Now, it might be a moot point, because I hear Gizzard Shad are kind of hard to keep alive in a livewell that isn't circular (I guess they bump their noses to death ). Now what sense does it make to prohibit me from netting live shad out of Patoka, then using them as bait in Patoka? I swear we have total idiots running our state.