On May 31, 8:39 am, Olebiker wrote:
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.

Joe,

Good call on changing the title of the thread. I thought about that
last night.

I guess what got me about the pictures was the fact that these guys
were harvesting four to seven pound fish. That's their breeding
stock. Where do they think the next generation of bass is going to
come from? As the old folks back in the country used to say, "Don't
eat your seed corn."

Bass here start spawning at about 12 inches so a four pounder has
spawned at least three or four times - its genes are already in the
gene pool. I personally don't keep bass over two pounds but it has to
do with ease of cleaning rather than any desire to preserve brood
stock.

Ronnie

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