there is hope! we purchased our 20 yr old 7.5 acres of water last summer. no surprise, there were plenty of skinney bass. catch records showed an abundence of lmb that were 10-14 inches and only 70-80% rw. none were over 80%. they were hungry and easy to catch. last fall we began to cull. we kept all bass under 15 inches. by june of this year we had caught nearly 100 of these skinney bass. (about 15 lbs per acre.) they are now hard to catch; however this evening i managed to catch five. these five fish were from 13-15 inches, and each of them was 90-100% rw. i'm amazed that they have managed to put weight on so quickly. i didn't expect to see any real growth for a year or two. i kept out the four smallest but released the 15 inch 100% rw fish for my first trophy. just couldn't help sharing the success! thanks for all the help from all of you. -jb

Take great care of it, or let someone else have it.