Also, as for the C&R bass fishing, it very much depends on the body of water. However, even the trophy places have to shock up and take a lot of the smaller bass or you can end up with a stunted population. So it is usually best to keep those smaller 1-2lb bass. Its better to C&R those larger ones. Again I don't claim to be an absolute authority on all things fishing, but I do know a lot about managment and genetics as I did my master's in fisheries at Auburn University which has been recognized as the #1 fisheries dept in the world. There are some very brilliant professors there that are world reknown experts in fisheries management, genetics, disease, aquaculture production, etc. While my specialty was bacterial genetics as it relates to disease in humans, I learned a lot of everything while there. So I'm not bragging, but I'm not just spouting information I've read from Field&Stream, nor am I implying any of you are.