Selective Harvest on Hybrid Species?

[gstott]

But that takes time, especially with slower growing warmwater fish. I'd still prefer people take smaller fish, because that is immediate. Those little fish won't be missed, but taking out a bunch of large fish will reduce the number of large fish available right then. I've seen this happen on smaller bass waters. People discover that there are some good bass in there, so they treat it like their meat locker, and then wonder what happened to the fishery. The only good part of the scenario is that people then lose interest in the fishery and stop going there. In a few years it becomes good again.

I agree though, it is a challenge to get people to harvest any fish. Catch and release has been so ingrained into people's heads that it has become blasphemous to keep a fish, when doing so would actually be beneficial. It's quite evident on the Provo and Blacksmith, and there are way too many small bass on most of the bass waters I fish.
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