A fishery biologist told me that he has a client who does the same, but is reconsidering. He catches too many bass that lack a tail!
I would have assumed that the clipped bass would have been quickly eaten or starved. Surely no tail would make it difficult to catch your prey.
No matter how simple the "fact" that I learn on Pond Boss, the "it depends" component never seems to go all of the way to zero!
I wonder what the relative weights were of the "no tail" bass compared to the unclipped LMB of similar length?
