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That sure is a nice BG.
One thing to keep in mind, if you harvest all your very best BG, you are removing some of your very best genetics for reproducing more nice BG.
Now if your only interest is LMB, that may not matter (an expert would be a better one to address that issue). Maybe producing lots of runty BG to feed LMB is as good as having good BG genetics.
But if you would like more nice BG to catch in the future the generally accepted best management practice is to return your biggest and best BG to the water to keep your best genetics in place and eat the one size class smaller fish, which are usually more abundant than your larger class.
I know, it is a lot easier to clean one big fish with as much meat as cleaning two slightly smaller ones. But if you want the best BG fishing in the future resist temptation of the easy meal now.
Last edited by snrub; 01/16/17 09:15 AM.
