If we as fisherman could be in charge of our lakes in the sense ,that i would like to see our lakes have a catch and release only on small ,spotted and largemouth bass.I know there are skeptics who will say that the bas will overrun the lake and only stunt the populations growth/size ,but iknow from fishing for the last 30 years i cant swallow that pill,Lake Barrett in san diego being one of them a catch and release only fishery that still kicks out some large fish.I believe that a certain percent of bass in any lake including barrett will be poached,fry eaten by predators and so forth.Most lakes only have a minumum length and maybe 5 bass per day.but it makes me ill to go to my local lakes in the spring and find spawning bass dying/dead on someones stringer,and not just the 5 bass but they bring theyre whole family so theyre even keeping fish for the kids who arent even fishing.if we cant impose rstrictions as above how about seasons were you can keep bass ,maybe starting july 1st -janurary30 you can keep 5 bass.kindao flike they do back east for salmon etc.
Just a thought thats been bugging me for a few months/years now.
hope i made sense,
Brian