I'm sure it's in here somewhere, so could someone tell me how to age a bass by looking at the scales.
Do you need to remove the scale from a certain part of the body or anywhere.

Then can you tell age by looking with the naked eye or do you use a magnifing glass or microscope.

I cought five bass in my lake yesterday, all were between 8 and 12.5 inches.
I think my bass aren't getting bigger due to too many bass, so I want to start removing bass but would like to age them also.