Actually, fishing may be worse today than it was 50 years ago. Why? Over population. Too many C&R nuts out there. I understand letting the "Big Girls" go, but not everything that is caught. I read an article, I believe in Bassmaster, where they asked a bunch of older pros if the fishing was better 50 years ago or now. Most all of them said it was better 50 years ago. Now this has a lot to do with fishing pressure, but it also has a lot to do with over population. Most fish are only gonna get so big, but when there are too many, they don't have a chance to get as big.