A plead to the KDFWR

[spinnerbaitguy]

I started bass fishing when the early rumblings of Catch and Release were being heard .Personally , I bought into it and have no regrets .During and since that time there has always been the movement to recruit - take a kid fishing ,etc . which is a great philosophy .The thing is this - the more people who actually do engage in this great adventure of bass fishing , the more varying opinions there are about what is ethical . As much as I am a proponent of Catch and Release , FISHINCREEK is accurate in his summation .If he buys his license and plays by the rules , he can do whatever he wants within the confines of the law .The old commercial said , "Keep what you can use , release the rest to fight again."Total abstinence wasn't the primary focus back then .Legislating personal ethics is the same thing as legislating morality . Like state imposed religion .It can be forced and made illegal , but if it's not in someone's heart to do the right thing , they are going to break the rules anyway .

[CTFSHWHISKER]

i went to rodman res. in fla.a couple years ago.first time he'd been there for many years,in the 70's i think.he guided there then and was commenting on how the fishin was,he has a 17lb from there and has pics of limits with all fish in the 13-15lb range,they had a rope through their gills for the pic and went to the cooler.Now as he said then you kept what ever was legal and there were not near as many fishin then either.if the regs are followed there shouldn't be a problem,but after living on nolin and seeing what people on private docks and marinas keep...i'm suprised it takes 15lb to win a tournament.crappie and walley suffer too.