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Re: Smallies
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Here is a chart from Pond Boss Magazine: http://www.bassresource.com/fish_bio...mouth-fry.html As you can see, an 18" bass can produce 700% more eggs than a 12" bass. I'm not big on the idea of "selective harvest" on public waters. Private waters that get very little fishing or no harvest are forced to cull out small bass to free up available forage. Here in New Jersey, we are burdened with living in the most densely crowded state in the U.S. - and one of the most crowded places in the world. There is more than enough harvest going on that the bass really don't need your help. There are plenty of sunfish for the bass to eat. .
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Re: Smallies
Well in a perfect world people would only take from the meaty part of that bell curve of fish size...then more monster fish would start showing up. But you're right there is enough people keeping everything including the big girls. I still don't think keeping game fish on the small legal size range will harm any fishery...if it does then that system is way too fragile and there are other problems there. I encourage people to keep small legal game fish from places I like to fish, but I also encourage never keeping a big one (and of course that will never happen)
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