Alabama bass trail recently held a tournament on Guntersville, I believe I heard there were 58 bags weighed in over 20 lbs. 58!!! This is one of the most, if not the most pressured lakes in America. Tournaments during the spawn, delayed mortality, FFS, all that and a bag of chips. Where’s the negative effect on the fishery ??? It is obviously non existent

Perhaps the opposite is happening. Biologist preach that more bass should be kept and how that would increase the quality of fish in the system. Maybe the accidental harvest from all the tournaments is effectively keeping the population at a healthy number. 

@JHoss, I agree. Bass fishermen can be their own worst enemy always releasing everything and end up with a bunch of really smart 2 lb fish that can’t grow

I would love to see my club implement some sort of rule about keeping fish under a certain relative weight threshold. We regularly have folks show up asking for fish, why not let them keep some of the fish from the system that are struggling?

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