Not even sure how banning C&R could work, since if I wanted to C&R whitefish, and the limit is 3, I'd just throw them all back so I had never reached my limit and could therefore continue to C&R all day. If I'm in a tent, no-one is going to have a clue how many I've really caught and released, and even if out on the open lake if they saw me put one back I'd just say it got off the hook and got away on me. They'd need some pretty clear video to prove otherwise, and they'd have to be so close to take that video that I'd see them and just wait until they went away.
If I wanted to C&R walleye and the limit is 0, I'd just use a small crankbait or spoon, or a small minnow, and say I'm fishing for pike, too bad I'm catching all these walleye by accident.
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