The only reason I can think of for MDC being all S.W.A.T. about eggs from paddlefish is that it cuts into their side-business.
The dead paddlefish that line the banks during and immediatly after snagging season aren't the result of mass poaching, they are the result of their imposed length limit. Who cares if somebody snatches the eggs from them, unless you are part of a cartel that is selling them yourself?
I challenge the tales of paddlefish carcasses, minus the eggs, being found along roadways. That's the biggest crock of bull I've ever heard. If you were just harvesting eggs then you wouldn't leave the lake with the whole fish..... you'd take the eggs and loose the fish before ever going back to the ramp. And if you were smart at all you'd leave them on ice at somebody's dock and go get them later.
I ain't buying any of this BS. It's fake news.