I love how you guys act like keeping fish that are illegal in your state is some big serious crime or something. Like the fish have some tracking device in it and when you get home the F&G are gonna kick down your door at 4am.
They just don't want people selling them or breeding them and putting in places where they are not suppose to be. If you just keep the damn thing in your tank and don't invite any F&G staff to your house for dinner then you should be in good shape.
Just go down to the damn water, catch the damn fish, put it in a damn bucket. Drive home and put it in your damn tank after proper acclamation.