If you choose to plead not guilty the judge is going to listen to the officers report on the infraction which will state that you were cited for keeping a fish not hooked in the mouth i.e. snagged by the definition of written law. You will wave around a copy of the e-mail....which sure does seem vague and indecisive...and is only a lawyers opinion of the way the law is enforced. The judge will then review the law. Unless you have case precedents supporting your claim....you will fork over $500.
A judge can only go by the way the law is written. Case closed. Thank You All.

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