On Jun 7, 8:18 pm, forthesky wrote:

There is no way 2 guys or even 20 could "fish out" even a small lake.
maybe a tiny "pond".

You seem pretty sure of that from 1,000 miles away. Lake Blue Heron
is drained right now to repair the dam and scrape the years of
accumulated muck off the bottom. During the time period that these
two guys caught all of the breeding sized bass is was extremely
shallow and had no natural cover. It was just a bowl. The guys built
five "fish attractors" that concentrated the fish in those five areas
and made them easy picking.

I believe there is no way a Lake could be "fished out".

You are hiding your head in the sand.

Here in PA
whenever a lake or dam (and we have small ones too) gets low on fish,
The PFBC slaps a "big bass" limitation and reduced creel limit into
effect and usually within two years the fish stock is back up. And
that is with literally hundreds if not thousands of anglers using the
lake or dam. If your state has no such wildlife conservation in effect
, then perhaps your states anglers should push for better management.

Florida's laws allow a fisherman to keep one bass a day over 22 inches
and up to five total over 12 inches. That law is effective except in
such an extreme case.

again I must say
The Fact is, if you are bothered by the sight of seeing someone
legally catch a legal size and legal limit of fish and KEEP them, you
DON'T belong behind a fishing rod.

Your reading comprehension is poor, isn't it?