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Old 05-20-2008, 10:18 PM
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Default RE: Time for a catch and release poll.

Bo you ruin a fishery by keeping the larger fish. That is why many species of fish are now under slot limits. In the end it is purely the fisherman's call but around where I live you can tell a huge difference between the overfished/over-harvested lakes versus the ones that are strict catch and release only. Your responsibility is towards the coming generations of anglers so that they too had the opportunities to catch and release a monster fish. You want food? Keep a bunch of small fish. (Side note the world record bass caught in Georgia was eaten but that was in much different times) Seeing as how I have never kept a bass for food I have always heard they have a lot of small bones and don't taste near as good as crappie/bluegill/catfish/walleye/trout/etc... so why even keep them anyways if you are just going to eat it?
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