This may be unpopular but I do have something to say here as a taxidermist.

If 7 or 8 pounds is as big as they get up here in the north, wouldn't it be a waste of a resource to throw back a bass that is very close to it's maximum lifespan and probably is contributing very little to the gene pool? Of course being a taxidermist I'm not biased one bit. LOL

I'm talking about the head kahuna of the pond not all the big bass in the pond.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.