If I needed to fish for food I can do that. If it came to that point I wouldn't be overly concerned with whether it was legal or not. You can catch fish with almost anything on a hook. One time we found a place where the bluefins were biting so much that you could throw a hook in there without bait and immediately catch one. Then you could pull it out and do the same thing again and another one would follow. Those fish were either very hungry or are just powerfully stupid animals.