There's no harm in focusing on harvesting 8+" females to increase carrying capacity, however. Does anyone specifically go after female BG for removal vs removing both males and females?
I have been returning good looking males 8" and over and the rest in the 6-8" size go to the fillet cage. If a smaller male seems to have outstanding charastics I will return it and also all of my CNBG males because I have so few compared to the norther BG. Once in a while if I catch a really great looking large female I will return her to the water, but most get selected for table fare. I have too many BG anyway so have been trying to thin the herd.
