Most guys are NOT taking two fish per day. Most recs take nothing home or one large now and again. The guys that that 2 @28 fish so infrequently it is not important.
What hurts IMO is taking 1.2 million # from your 'hood in 4 weeks...and you wonder why the surfcasting suddenly sucks after comm season begins.
take the price off the fish and rebuild bait stocks and you will have all the quailty bass you want.
FWIW, to date, I have released 6 fish that were "pin worthy" and I could have weighed in but released, I only weighed in one fish that was not going to make it and I took that home and consumed it.
IMO this contest is not doing measurable harm to stocks. Also you are now seeing comm guys weigh in fish! Expect to see a LOAD of big fish every week for the next 4 weeks. These are going to market after the scales.
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