This topic was over on the shanty and I thought I would bring it over here. Years ago in high school there was a girl who's father was a Region 7 game warden. His name was Kenny Kellogg. I talked with him one day about this and he said the use of these fish as bait is legal as long as I am catching them myself with my own rod and real. So I have done it ever since. Over on the shanty I see there has been a discussion about the same thing and of course there are different views. I just got off the phone with Cpt. Erikkson Region 7 and he said the exact same thing. He spoke of only two stipulations and they were; I don't have a baiting license and not using a net, and I'm not transporting non native fish to different bodies of water. If I am using the fish I catch as bait on my own rod and real, in the same body of water, that is perfectly legal.
