Yeah, but you used to be able to shoot 5 deer a day. Or as many as you could find, 365 days a year. There were no limits and no closed seasons. Those days are long gone for the deer. It didn't happen overnight- it was phased in over many decades.

I can foresee a day when bass limits go to 1 a day, or even a few tags a year. Probably not in my lifetime, but maybe in my grandkids'. Actions we take today will determine how quickly that day is upon us.

Ok I know I dont have a right to be mad,maybe upset or disappointed.
Saturday I took my youngest son to Lake Alvarado and when we arrive a guy asked if I had any good scales which I said yes I have a digital one and he asked if I would weigh a fish he thought might go 5 lbs but his scales said 4 but he thought it would go more. I agreed to weigh the fish which weighed 9.1 on my digital scales. The man thanked me and put the fish back into the livewell and finished tieing down his boat and said this will be a good meal tonite and drove off. I practice catch and release as wekk does my son who saw rthis and he replied dad that man did wrong. I told him in our opinion he did yes ,but it was his choice not ours.My son said froom now on we will weigh a fish if asked but first the person must promise to release the fish back to which I was happy my son does see the impiotance of catch and release.

my first DD bass is going in the livewell without water, then straight to the taxidermist , then proudly on my wall...

I've been known to eat some LMB,,,, they're good. My cut off for eating bass is 5 pounds. What is yours??????????????

be sure and throw some ice on her, foot

Well heres an interesting true story about catch and release: When I use to fish Canyon lake, there was a guy that caught a pretty decent bass it looked to be 3 or 4lbs. Well right after he caught it he put it in his fish basket and immediately a guy starts harassing him about keeping the fish. His argument was the fish should have been put back because people guide and fish tournaments on the lake. Of course the guy that caught the fish told him he was going to keep the fish. Well to make along story short the guy that caught the fish went to use the restroom as soon as he left the older guy went and released the guys fish. The guy gets back and I honestly thought he was going to open a can of woop arse up on the old man; but instead he just packed his stuff up and left, after a few choice words. If any of you on the forum fished the Ft. Sam Houston Rec. Area between 2003-2005 you probably know who the older gentleman was he would harass any one that kept a lmb.