I saw a guy throw a net for Bait.

The net looked like an upside down Umbrella.
He threw the weight, the umbrella of Mesh Netting collapsed to the string, and zoomed to the bottom.
As he pulled the string, the Umbrella opened up into a 40" net.
It looked good to me, and a heckuva lot easier to handle than a Casting net.

Anybody know it this is an illegal device?
How about; "is it useful?"
Does it catch the kind of Minnows we use for Crappie?

I think I could make one pretty easily out of stuff I could find at a Yard goods store.:p