Nice 20" largie and friends - 10/18

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Originally Posted by CMJeepster

Depends how many a-holes come along and don't return undersized fish. I had my local pump jockey tell me last weekend that if he were to catch a fish, he'd keep it no matter what. That's the last time I buy gas from him...

Ugh...don't get me started.
I die a little inside every time I hear stuff like that.

But I am a bass catch-and-release zealot. It even bothers me when someone says something along the lines of, "I keep every bass I'm legally allowed to. If Fish & Game finds we don't have enough bass, they'll change the regulations.".

I just shake my head and think, "Really, - you need Fish & Game to tell you when the fishing is ruined? You don't see the connection between the good bass fishing you're experiencing today and the majority of skilled bass fishermen that COULD turn this lake into a barren swimming pool, but they CHOOSE to release their catches because they want YOU to have the same opportunities they had to catch big bass?".


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