Spearfishing in MN

[AandA]

This reply is basically in line with the humorous earlier reply from "igtoofar." It really has nothing to do with spearing but rather with legally angling for fish.

I've hand-fed many fish underwater over the years. Most bass and sunnies will take small crayfish and night crawlers right from my fingers. I've even gone so far as to, upon my return to the boat, drop a crayfish or night crawler down with a hook and line and catch some of these same fish.

I understand from DNR enforcement that angling underwater is in fact legal here in Minnesota. I'm quite curious if anyone has actually tried underwater angling? I've never actully heard of anyone doing it. I'd be most interested about the safety issue of entanglement and the rather challenging problem of trying to unhook a fish underwater.