I agree to a certain point as well. My thoughts are this: If you look back in the 70's 80's you will notice that ALOT more bigger fish were being caught, like bass in the teens, even on the east coast were not that uncommon. Today they are almost impossible to find except for small nitches around the country. It should be obvious that there should be a catch and release only on big bass. Especially with the growing popularity of replicas. Keeping small bass to eat is not gonna hurt anything. Another thing to consider is Stick Marsh Farm 13. That place has been catch and release only, and say what you want, it has it's ups and downs, but overall that lake never stops producing numbers and even large fish. I don't see why we can't just put a limit on keeping larger fish to keep the big fish gene pool alive in all these lakes, and keep the possiblity of growing teen sized bass more likely. Alot of these fisheries on the east coast have turned into dink lakes, but if you look back in the 80's these lakes were producing 15 lbers pretty frequently. Hmmm. Now all you can hope for is a great day catching 2 lb spots and maybe get a 12 lb sack if your really on fish. Too many lunkers were caught and kept.

Release the big girls, keep a couple small ones if you want something to eat...My 2 cents, Jeremy.

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