Personally, I prefer 1 fish @ 28" and 1 Fish @ 40"
Stats that are pretty widely accepted show us that the average rec fisher that fishse in the State of MA catches .05 keepers per calendar year.
We (read...more dedicated fishers) are far outnumbered by the very inefficient and and very part time masses. Far more very cheap tackle and low quality gear is sold than the little bit of decent stuff we speak of every day on this site.
No, the system is not perfect, not even close to it, but at least in the SB world, things are better than in just about every other fishery.
Why do I mention these things...because these fish are for everyone, including the masses that can not catch them them way we can here. Even the newest and worst fishers amongst us are probably way better than the average joe (Read Joey G...aka the Lurker
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PS...Hearings are coming next month to reduce the Commercial Bag limit to 10 fish on opening day and every sunday and 20 fish on the other three open days during the week. this proposal is supported by most of the members of the MA SB Advisory Panel and was created by Commercial Rod & Reel Leaders. this proposal will probably extend the Commercial season by 8 fishing days days. Remember that 90% of the quota is landed by fishers that sell less that 10 bass per day.