I love bass fishing just as much as any of you if not more and seeing pictures of fish of that quantities and quality getting ready to go under the blade just kills me. I’m sure that is why most of you got so upset it was not to bash anybody. We all know that he was stocking his freezer and he says that he doesn’t keep them a lot so that’s not so bad but to me pan fish are the best tasting freshwater fish. The best thing about that is there is no shortage on them, and won’t be any in the future.
I don’t know if we want to get too carried away with this, there are plenty of states around us that have harsh rules for bass fishing. The first state that pops into my head is New York. During the spawn you can’t fish for bass. There is hard evidence saying that fishing during the spawn will not hurt the fisheries but that is the law and there are no changes that I can see in the future. I don't want to see a little thing like this hurting something we all passion so much.
Tournament fishing makes it better some times. If the DEP was to lower the limit it will affect tournaments. I know there is times when the DEP will give exemptions on bass management lakes but there are times when they will not. I think they are the months of July and August. It was said earlier that most people don’t keep there bass very often, and I hope it stays the same. If bass were as targeted as trout or some of the other game fish then I would have to say a change is needed, but as of right now I don’t feel lowering the limit is the answer.