On May 31, 8:14 am, "Joe Haubenreich"
I eat bass. Managed harvest is part of the game management strategy of
every
state game and fish commission. To some extent, it improves the health of
the ecosystem.

Here in MI (rusting away with the slow decline of the auto industry), we
have a keeper size of 14". So, all those 11, 12, and 13" bass I catch have
to go back in the water. When I manage to get one of those 18 - 21"
beauties, I can keep them under law but it just doesn't seem proper to pull
out a bass that size. They grow slowly in northern waters and these
survivors deserve a better fate than my deep fryer.

With the limitations of the law and some amount of moral responsibility to
the breed, I have decided to return them all. I don't know enough about
fish management up here to know if a slot limit would even work in MI.