Went fishing last night, have some new topwater. The last few nights I been out the basss have been killin the lil fish and jumping all over. I was set to catch them but I guess it was just too windy they were not jumping at all. Well I attached a Senko and caught a fish in 10 minutes. My step son was catchng a few bluegille and oscar. This lil kid we seen fihing around the area was a there as well (he is a just a few yrs older then my stepson). They start talking this kid catches a blue gille, small one about 6" and puts it on another rod he has. This bass was killing it. Of course now my stepson wants to do that. I tried explaining bluegilles are illegal to use and we will get shiners tomorrow. Well yea ok he dd not listen he goes with the other kid a lil bit from me and they are gettin bites but not catching. Around 8pm the kid throws out a gille the size of my hand and I am thinking this kid is just killin all these poor lil fish and then the water exploded and he pulled up a 7lbs bass. My step son caught a 4.5lbs bass as well. I caught one 14" bass on a senko. I was very jealous.

You are mistaken about the law. It is illegal to NET gamefish, it is not illegal to use them as bait. If you were throwing a castnet and pulling up a dozen bluegill and then using them as bait, that's illegal. As long as you catch them on a hook then you can do whatever you want with them.

Laws very from state to state, its best to give your own state laws than quoting them as to be all state laws.    Perch, brim, sunfish is not considered a game fish in every state.  Its not illegal to use perch from said lake in Texas unless a restriction is in place for that piece of water for bait.

I guess I will look into the law then cause them fish caught some really nice bass.