I have friends the that would never release anything if not for the minimum size limit. They were raised on the land and keep and eat everything they catch.
I do not keep lm bass, not good to eat imo, too mushey.
We have huge 30 to 50 people fish frys every couple of weeks and always have enough to feed everyone. Catfish, crappie, bgill etc. I do not feel we hurt the fish population.
We also cook other wild game so we do not go hungry and have a lots of fun. Ever heard of the "Walter Hill Country Club"?
I do have a Philosophy in that I release the trophys and the others are fair game. It is much fun to fish, release and come home and not have to clean fish sometime. But it is disheartning to catch a really nice one when fishing alone and not being able to show someone. A picture made by ones self does not always do the trick.
My Grandkids gave me shirt for Father's Day the says, " There's room for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy."
Now you tournament fisherpeople. Tell me the survival rate of the gene pool bass that are kept in the livewells, then weighed, then photographed and held while breaking their lower jaw swinging them around. Then released.
This is after running from one end of the lake to the other blowing all the others off the lake.
More than one view point. Which one is right? Opinions are like......, everyon has one.
Enough of this rambling but it was fun, I am going fishing, see ya
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