study fish biology....I have over 40 credits of fisheries and fish management, and no stunting does not happen because solely because of overharvest of big fish, there are a number of factors that may cause it, one could be overharvest of large fish, one could be under-harvest of fish in general...too many fish competing for limited resources results in slower growth rates and number sof smaller fsih with fewer big fish, either way the system ends up with overcrowding...

Don't degrade this thread by turning it into personal things. You are absolutly correct, overharvest of large fish potentially creates stunting and is the number one cause of stunting...but if you look at what I posted you will clearly see that I make it clear that harvesting the large fish is the issue.

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Keeping bass is NOT a bad thing. Many lakes become stunted or overrun with numbers of smaller fish. Look at a lot of ponds that do not get fished....I know one for instance that it is a private pond, about 2 miles from a public one almost identical in size, water quality etc. The private pond has VERY few fish over 12 inches, whle the public one produces great numbers of fish over 16 inches. Bottom line is that harvesting bass on bodies of water is not as big of an issue as many would make it seem. The issue is harvesting LARGE fish. I think we could all agree that our issue was not the harvesting of bass, it was the harvesting of the 4 lb fish etc.

Trust me, I am educated enough to stand by the things I say....and the deer comments were not meant as a you did it so i will do it....they aare attempts at making comparisons between populations and selective harvesting...take them or leave them.



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