areested for untagged commercial hoop net I found

[Tim_T]

Thanks for the helpfull insight into trapping laws and regs.

But from what i understand the trapper has quite a few years of trapping experience under his belt not to mention the numerous combined years of experience of the other trappers who were willing to testify in court. The popular combined opinion of he and the other trappers was that his trap was completely legal in size limits and with its intended application. The CO who issued the citation had limited conservation law enforcement experience and could possibly be considered somewhat of a "greenhorn" within the ranks of conservation law enforcement. So popular opinion within the local trapping community suggests there is a remote possibility that it could be a issue of a CO being embarrased to admit he was not as familiar with the trapping laws as his job requires.

True that the CO may not have been fully aware of the law. It is also very possible (actually highly likely) that you are not getting the entire story.