ORIGINAL: huntndemducks
10 pounder deffinently have to mount that BUT anything under that i don't think so.........one person keeping 1 bass does not hurt the future of fishing at all....BUT.....the people that go out and keep EVERY single fish they catch that the ones you gotta watch
Depends on what size body of water you fish in. Take a 10lber out of a farm pond and you just set back that pond a few years in terms of spawning. Take one out of a big reservoir and you won't see as big of difference however if everyone in said reservoir kept their big bass you would see a decline in the fishery.