I don’t let myself get into these discussions, but I have read enough on this one. Dave if nets don’t make a difference their is one thing I can tell you for sure and that is when I go fishing with all kinds of electronics and such and one pole and hook I may catch fish and may not, and that is true of the guides and such. I fish the lake regularly and maybe once in a while will take fish home for a meal, just to keep a limit because its legal is not a sportsman or interested in conservation but strictly meat as by your own statement. The one thing I can guarantee you is if I put out 50 ft. of net I will catch just about anything and everything in the area. Make a difference you decide!!!!