Quote Originally Posted by Duayne View Post
The answer is probably somewhere in between. Now, I don't mind if people keep a few bass but I can fully understand being upset if you do not and you help someone that does. I don't keep them and can't understand why anyone would.. But everyone has their own opinion and no one is right or wrong.

Having said that, we've had similar situations on this board with stripers. Several of us used to provide extremely detailed reports here. Then someone preceded to take some detailed information and did a bunch of catch and release in the summer, which is a big no no for me and anyone else that really cares about the species. So, no more detailed reports on this board from me or several others that I know of. BUT, we do provide enough details that if someone is really into it, they can use it.

So maybe the answer is to provide just enough where if someone is into it, they can use it..

One question:

I only fish for stripes below the dams, so I am clueless about fishing big lakes for them. Why is it a no-no to catch and release them in the summer?

Just thought of another:

Why would you not be able to figure out why people would want to keep bass?