There's always been a stigma about bass it seems. It seems most fisherman don't consider them table fare, but I now do.
I too never considered them table fare,they where strictly catch and release for me.That was until I hooked one in the gullet pretty bad.It was after work just past dusk and I was winding the reel in to head up to the house.When a lmb just shy of 6 lbs devoured my lure.By the time I got the hook out in the dark it was DOA.Instead of feeding the racoons I decided to give it a try and I was quite surprised at how good it was.I later mentioned it to some bass fishing buddies and man did I get a load of crap about eating a bass that was from my own pond.While for public waters and in general catch and release is a good thing I cant believe the misinformation that is out there these days.
