Yep that would be why. Here in MB when you buy live minnows you get a stamped card which is good for I think 3 days. We can trap our own minnows/bait fish we just can't transfer live bait after being caught, they have to be dead. However we can catch live bait and use it if we use it on the lake where we caught the bait. I just catch and freeze a bunch every fall.