tickle sticks and nets for california lobster

It more or less says that you can't use tickle sticks under rule 29.80a but 29.80b seems to state that you can use baited hoop nets, so does that mean you could use a net, without a handle, and a piece of dead fish in it to help corral lobster in so-cal? 29.80g says you can't use a hooked device, but the tickle stick is not the method of take, and its not hooked, so can it be used? How do the lawyers out there interpret these rules?


Crustaceans
29.80. Gear Restrictions.
(a) General: Saltwater crustaceans may be taken by hand. Nets, traps or other
appliances may not be used except as provided in this section.
(b) Baited hoop nets may be used to take spiny lobsters and all species of crabs.
Between Point Arguello, Santa Barbara County, and the United States-Mexico border,
not more than five baited hoop nets may be fished by a person to take spiny lobster and
crab, not to exceed a total of 10 baited hoop nets fished from any vessel.
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(g) Diving for crustaceans: In all ocean waters, except as provided in Section 29.05,
skin and SCUBA divers may take crustaceans by the use of the hands except divers
may not possess any hooked device while diving or attempting to dive.
(h) Hand operated appliances: Spades, shovels, hoes, rakes or other appliances
operated by hand may be used to take sand crabs and shrimp.

for those that might have been curious about the exception stated above, here it is

29.05(d) In all ocean waters skin and SCUBA divers may take invertebrates as provided in
this article except that in all ocean waters north of Yankee Point (Monterey Co.), self-contained
underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) may be used only to take sea
urchins, rock scallops and crabs of the genus Cancer. For the purpose of this Section,
breathing tubes are not underwater artificial breathing devices.

Despite the apparent ambiguity in the regulations, no mops, no nets, no spray bottles of ammonia, no sticks (hooked or otherwise) may be used to take lobsters in California while on scuba; "by use of the hands" is the key phrase and the interpretation of the wardens and courts.

I think they allow the use of tickle sticks and nets in Florida to prevent damage to the coral reefs.