Quote Originally Posted by Tim_T View Post
I believe you are choosing to ignore some pretty sound science in favor of your opinion. Lack of grass is only one factor one factor (albeit a large one) and I doubt there are enough "rednecks" removing fish to be hurting the population much.

As for weigh-ins, I have been around plenty of them over the years. I have yet to see this huge die off that some people say exist.
I have witnessed it. How do you explain how a lake like Lake Fork can be so full of fat fish when all fish 16-24 are released, people are much more c&r minded than they are here(so even the unders almost always get released), plus almost 1 million bass fingerlings per year every year are stocked (I can document if you like)?

Like I said, Im all for keeping small ones, under 15" IMO, but a guy with 4 dinks on a stringer catches a 5lber and it fills the limit. Fish get stunted in ponds and small lakes. You yourself posted a great article about genetics and inherited biting traits in some fish and not others. Why remove the biters?