This topic get brought up at least once a year usually around the spawn. Someone writes why they think bed fishing is detrimental to a fishery and should be outlawed. From my limited memory not a one has come with scientific evidence to back up their claims. It is all theory and speculation for the most part.

Empty bed doesn't mean that the fish were all caught. It just means the beds were abandoned for one reason or another.

I really don't have an opinion one way or another on the bed fishing issue. If you want to bed fish do it... if you don't then don't. I do know that if I see a huge bass on a bed I am going to try my hardest to get it in for a picture session. Then I will release it.

We could be like some northeastern states where you aren't allowed to fish for bass until june or something. That would eliminate people bed fishing.