Everybody and their brother likes to keep bass. Heck, I've seen a lady trying to give away a 5 pound bass on a stringer, about 6 hours after she caught it. People think they are on to something special when they keep a bass.

So therein lies the main problem. People like to keep big fish. Well, it takes a long time for a fish to grow big. If I were the head biologist of a lake, heres how I would set it up. Catch and release policy on bass, except for the huge ones. Maybe only let people keep bass over 22 inches. I'd let people keep other fish for food purposes.