As an old man once said, "God created some greart things in this world, the lake, the majestic osprey, and the talons on his feet. Why? Because God made fish to be eaten." This was told to me just the other day by a gentleman who once thought it to be a sin to keep a bass, and once this elderly gentleman he went to church with made this statement when they were on an outing he said it changed his outlook on the matter. Again, this makes a total of no more than 15 bass I've kept all year, including 3 smallies, and in comparison to this being the 284th day of the year and a possible 1420 bass I could have kept, I am in at less than 2% of my allowance per TWRA Regulations.

I am a conservationist but recently on an offshore outing we were hooking up on tons of big red snapper which happened to be out of season. The guide must have accidentally killed 4 or 5 10lb+ fish. I got a little steamed over it and he simply said that it can't always be controlled and that the birds and sharks need to eat too.
That statement gave me a new perspective when I think about keeping a bass. I would rather it be eaten than float up at the ramp. Good for you on keeping a few and keeping it honest on the rest.

one of my good buddies had a picture of a bass i could tell he kept, i havent talked to him since.....

Yankees.

It's obvious you put that on here to get a rise out of catch and release fanatics. I love me some bass fillets too, but I have no respect for people that reach under rocks and kill those big catfish when they are at their most vulnerable. How many of those did you turn back?

The irony of a post showing bass filets on a stringer by "No Stringer".