i'm definitely a believer in selective harvest, but taking of fish say, over 5 or 6 pounds can harm a fishery depending on it's size. but i also think catch and release can be taken to an extreme. look at lake perris. still good fish in there for sure, but in the spring and summer there are literally millions of 4-8" bass thriving in there. i also feel better about people taking those juvenille bass, be it illegal or not, out of the lake than the big girls who are actually making the little guys. complicated issue with lots of gray areas. i like the way they do the redfish stuff in the southeast. have to be over a certain length and under another. that system definitely works out for the best.

Jake