you can thank the great "Save The Bass" movement from the middle 80's on for the slack you caught. That mentality, that bass arent fit to eat(a complete falsehood, dont care who you are) you shouldnt keep them(another falsehood), and you should feel bad if you do, is out-dated, and silly. Heck some bodies of water in Ohio are realising the lack of harvest is hurting the fishery, and have lowered or changed bag/size limits.
Im a tournament angler, and i love to see folks keep some bass. I do myself, normally once or twice a year.
And along the lines of big fish, i dont know many, if any folks who would turn an 8lb walleye/saugeye loose, its either eaten or mounted...i cant see for the life of me a reason why a bass should be any different.
ya know at one time in our world, using leeches to "purify" the blood was a medical option, but we dont do that anymore do we? lets get with the times. Bass are a sunfish(yep), and i believe only good things will come from folks keeping some. The limits are low, size limits in place for a reason.
