Husky,

Honestly in your opinion do you think a creel limit would help? Yes it would limit the number of bass someone could take in a day, but that would just mean they would take more over the season. 6 fish in one day or 6 fish over X days is still 6 fish. Most anglers out there including myself do practice C&R for the most part, and if they do harvest fish they do it sparingly. The ones that can/do have an effect on a lake system don't do it legally or follow a creel limit anyway, so setting a creel limit in that instance wouldn't help. IMHO the creel limit doesn't really matter, I'd follow the law and obey it, but like I said 6 fish is 6 fish. Question on the creel limit being lowered, lets say you fish all day, and you catch X number of fish, 3 of them would die due to the hook placement when caught, if you kept all 3 fish you'd be breaking the law, if you threw them back they would probably die, what do you do in a case like that? I guess someone stated it well before the only method to really make sure bass (or any fish) will be there in the future is to not fish entirely.