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[plowboy]

Mostly Long John Silvers here. I kept one stringer of bass in two years and felt bad about it. I don't think there is any shortage of Kentucky bass on Cumberland so I don't see a problem with it every now and then. I sure hate to see a smallmouth cut though, I guess its because I have so much respect for them. I wish they would put a slot limit on Cumberland similar to Dale. But I'm probably in the minority. They say its hard to win a tourney on Dale with smallmouths anymore. Wonder if drum are any good. I catch a monster every now and then bass fishing. If I ever catch a monster smallie I will probably keep it to mount. I have never seen a replica that looked realistic of a smallmouth. I don't seem to be in any danger of breaking the 6 lb mark though I catch several 4 and 5 lb fish.

[charlie1]

Never - not even spots - but that's only because I wasn't informed that they (the spots) were good to eat recently. Even if I was told the LM and SM were the best eating fish out there I wouldn't keep them. I will start keeping the spots though. The TWRA is recommending keeping all you can for some reason, especially on Norris.

[glassport]

I think it is good to keep bass on overpopulated lakes to help balance out the size of the bass. Too many bass stunts growth like in Wilgreen for instance you can catch 20 bass 10 to 14 inches and one over 3 pounds every couple months. I have fished there for three years now and it seems I catch teh same bass over and over. There are ALOT of bass in this small lake.

[trentonc2000]

Smallies are excellent! haha just kidding.

I don't take any bass home. But after reading above posts, I'll have to try spots. I do bring bluegills and crappie when i catch them. Mostly in the spring when the crappie are shallow and i can find the gills in their big beds.

[crazyfishinnut]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Mar-16-06 AT 01:56PM (EST)[/font][p]I LOVE crappie and will bring most any stripe trout ,walleye' Home But I will not keep a bsss to eat UNLESS.... It is a weighed in fish that was dead and going to be thrown out there for the turtles. Last year at our Big Bass Classic we released 92 bass that was weighed in, several didn't make it up the hill cause they were small but out of these 92 I took home 4 fish that didn't make it in the recoup tanks and by the way even though it was July all were hooked deep cause all 4 had hooks still in the gut.3 even with the plastic. Them I keep and with uncle bucks batter YUMMY!!!
Rodney
Tight lines
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[know1]

I fish for mostly crappie and bluegill and I only brought home fish one time last year in Kentucky to clean and eat - all bluegills and crappie.

I also fried up a few for dinner on a canoe camping trip in the BWCA last year.

The year before I might have brought home a few fish 3 or 4 times.

[smljaw]

I only keep walleye and crappie to eat. Once in a blue moon I'll keep a spot/LM bass or 2 to eat. I never keep any SM bass.