As I said Caveman I think it is cute that you keep trying. Thank you, I like this thread and you keep it going. In quality trout lakes where legal to do so, I will keep bass and eat them. Yumm Yumm. Don't get me wrong dude I like the discourse and you seem like a guy who DITCORS (Deals in the concepts of reality). Me too, but I still obey the law no matter how asine I might think it is. It's taken me awhile to realize that I may not see the whole picture and when I think something is stupid it might just be possible that smarter people than me have established rules for a reason other than to piss me off. I don't know maybe your not there or your just more jaded or some sort of conspiracy theorist. Hell I'd still fish with you, but you'd have to let me keep your bass. Ira..
Tell ya what, I would fish with you too and I wouldn't kill any bass that I caught and if you wanted them, I would give them to you. We don't live to far apart so I am sure we will meet each other some day.
I have fished Kitsap County for 50 years. There "USED TO BE" excellent trout fishing for native cutthroats in beaver ponds. All gone. Wanna know why???? INTRODUCED BASS RUINED IT!!! So now, one of you great bass fisherman have to take me out and show me how to catch a monster bass and "convert me"..... PM me this summer when the weather warms because the trout fishing around here sucks!