CATCH & RELEASE
Hello Bass anglers and welcome back. Let's take a little time out and talk about an aspect of this sport that is misunderstood by a lot of people. Yes, I'm talking about hooking and landing the biggest Bass of your life and simply releasing it back into the water from which it came. I can't even count the number of times people have asked me why I would even consider releasing a monster Bass without giving it a second thought. I usually respond with a question of my own. Wouldn't you like to be able to someday catch an awesome fish like that? Let's face it, when you're out there on the water fishing, you are hoping to catch the mother of all fish. A fish that is so big, it doubles your rod over and takes you around the boat five or six times before you can even gain control over it. Now imagine if you will, that every time one of these fish is landed, it is taken from its environment never to be returned. If we all kept these lunkers, how many big Bass do you think would be in our lakes in a matter of 10 or 20 years?…show more content… That is not the case, and that's why you don't see a lot of these fish being caught on a daily basis. Bass are like any other species of animal on this planet, some have the superior genetic makeup to grow larger than others. For this reason, any fish possessing the potential to spawn and reproduce more fish with these genetics should be released and allowed to carry on for as long as Mother Nature sees fit. Even if you catch a Bass that is only a two pounder, that fish could possibly grow to be a world record one day. Don't get me wrong, if you're camping and you are out there to catch a few fish to take back and have a nice dinner under the stars, that's your own prerogative, but I don't think you need to kill a ten or twelve pound Bass to do