Crusty...while you are correct quoting the regs, however I don't think they could have "intentionaly" snagged the fish. They were fishing without seeing anything down the hole and happened to snag it. That isn't illegal at all. It's illegal to go out with intention of snagging. The rule was made because poachers would cut a huge hole in the ice, sight fish, when something big came around they used big hooks to snag it. By the sounds of the story this is not what they are doing. So perfectly legal.
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